Facebook's Oversight Board Announces It Will Uphold Trump Ban
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The group selected to make decisions on content moderation said it agrees with a ban on Trump's account for inciting the deadly U.S. Capitol riot.
Facebook’s Oversight Board, an indepent panel selected to weigh in on content moderation decisions at the social media platform, announced Wednesday it will uphold Facebook’s indefinite ban on former President Donald Trump. But the board also said it was “not appropriate for Facebook to impose the indeterminate and standardless penalty of indefinite suspension,” asking the site to review of that part of the decision within the next six months. Facebook made the decision to ban Trump from both Facebook and Instagram after Trump incited a deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in a last-ditch attempt to prevent certification of his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. In a post one day after the insurrection, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg said, “We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great.” Twitter also announced Trump was “suspended” from its platform after the insurrection.More Related News