Facebook reminds employees: You can't fact check Trump now that he's running for president

The speculation about Donald Trump's political ambitions ended on Tuesday night when he held a rally. Trump said he was running for president again.

There was a rumor that Trump was going to announce his candidacy in order to avoid a DOJ investigation. The Department of Justice shot down the rumor. There is a perk that Trump can take advantage of.

According to the policy of Facebook, politicians are not fact-checked on the platform.

The former president is immune to Facebook's fact-checkers because he spends his days perpetuateing lies about the 2020 election being stolen from him and sharing posts from conspiracy theorists on his social media platform.

CNN obtained an internal memo from Meta that was sent hours before Trump announced the rule. The memo reiterates that political speech is not allowed for fact-checking and that includes photos, videos, and other content created by a politician.

The memo states that some of you have reached out seeking guidance regarding fact-checking political speech in anticipation of a potential candidacy announcement from former President Trump. If former President Trump decides to run for office, he would be considered a politician under our program policies.

The rule hasn't changed in a long time. Meta spokesman Andy Stone told CNN that a reiteration of their long-standing policy should not be news to anyone.

It's notable when itInvolves a former president who has a habit of lying, especially when Facebook decides whether to allow him back on its platform.

The events of January 6, which saw a pro-Trump mob violently storm the Capitol building in an effort to overturn the 2020 election results in Trump's favor caused Facebook to ban him from the site. The president was banned from the platform.

Meta determined that Trump's suspension would be in effect for two years because of a ruling by its Oversight Board. Meta might allow Trump back on Facebook at that time.

January 2023 is when the reevaluation is going to take place. If Trump comes back to the platform and isn't being fact checked, it's not because he's lying.

As a presidential candidate, Trump is immune to the rules that most of his competitors are bound by.