For those who've left, even a decision to keep Trump off the platform forever is unlikely to make a difference. In other words, if Facebook wants to keep expanding Instagram, its platform most popular with that demographic, banning Trump permanently is unlikely to hurt. But a permanent silencing of the former president on Facebook would still anger Trump and his supporters. “Facebook in particular has tons of small and mid-sized businesses that don’t even enter into these big political conversations," Taylor said. “There’s no sign that anything is changing with these social media sites based on whether or not Donald Trump is on the platform.”

Source: ABC News May 13, 2021 14:05 UTC