What Happened: Donald Trump has threatened Mark Zuckerberg with life imprisonment if Facebook illegally influences the 2024 election, accusing him of manipulating the platform against him in 2020.
What you need to know: Donald Trump has warned that Mark Zuckerberg could face life in prison if Facebook unlawfully affects the outcome of the 2024 US presidential election. In his upcoming book, *Save America*, Trump accuses Zuckerberg of manipulating Facebook against him during the 2020 election.
What more: Trump claims that Zuckerberg often visited the Oval Office, attended dinners with his wife, and appeared friendly while secretly plotting against him. According to Politico, Trump wrote that Zuckerberg had promised there was no one like him on Facebook but was working against him at the same time. Trump says that if Zuckerberg or anyone else tries to cheat in the 2024 election, they will face severe consequences.
Also: During the 2020 campaign, Facebook blocked ads about election fraud and banned groups like “Stop the Steal,” and Trump’s account was banned after the January 6 Capitol riots, though it was reinstated two years later.