TOBY SHAPSHAK: Money has put Trump back on Facebook
The disgraced former president is still good for getting clicks on social media
02 February 2023 - 05:00
The key question about Donald Trump’s unbanning on Facebook is: who cares?
The former US president was once a major drawcard for followers on Facebook and Twitter. Before the January 6 insurrection, he was a guaranteed source of the kind of outrage that causes significant engagement — from fans as well as critics. His tens of millions of Maga followers were easily riled and social media provided the conduits for his hordes of right-wing election denialists to storm the US Capitol...
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