At first glance, today’s decision by Facebook’s Oversight Board to uphold the suspension of former President Donald Trump seems like just the kind of backup Mark Zuckerberg was looking for from the “independent” body he created. But, upon closer inspection, today’s ruling is pretty much a disaster for Facebook.
The Oversight Board ruled on Wednesday that it was appropriate for Facebook to have banned President Trump, following his posts supporting the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. But they said that keeping him in the social media purgatory of “indefinite suspension” was not in keeping with the platform’s existing policies. Read more…
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