Former US President, Trump lunches new communication website, Straight from the desk - A place to speak freely and safely

Facebook's oversight board has upheld the indefinite suspension on former US President Donald Trump.

The board has upheld Facebook's decision on 7 January to restrict Mr Trump's access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account.

Mr Trump was banned from a number of social media platforms after his supporters stormed the US Capitol on 6 January.

Twitter has already said its ban is permanent, regardless of whether he runs for office in future, while YouTube will restore the former president's channel when the risk of violence has decreased.

Nevertheless, Donald Trump has launched a new "communications" website, which says it will publish content "straight from the desk" of the former US president. 

This week, the former president launched a space on his website where he posts messages that can be shared by others on their own social networking pages. 

The website is called From The Desk Of Donald J Trump, and is built by Campaign Nucleus, a digital services company created by Mr Trump's former campaign manager Brad Parscale. 

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Recall that on March 2021, Mr Trump's senior adviser, Jason Miller, had previously said a new social media platform was to be launched. "This new platform is going to be big," he said.

However, Mr Miller tweeted on Tuesday that the new website was not the social media platform he had previously hyped.

"We'll have additional information coming on that front in the very near future," he said.

The website is reportedly built by Campaign Nucleus, a digital services company created by Mr Trump's former campaign manager Brad Parscale.

Users will be able to like posts - and also share them on Twitter and Facebook accounts.