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Donald Trump will not be returning to Facebook at least not immediately, the social media giant’s third-party Oversight Board announced Wednesday morning.
“The Board has upheld Facebook’s decision on January 7, 2021, to restrict then-President Donald Trump’s access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account,” the Oversight Board announced in a written statement. “However, it was not appropriate for Facebook to impose the indeterminate and standardless penalty of indefinite suspension.
“Facebook’s normal penalties include removing the violating content, imposing a time-bound period of suspension, or permanently disabling the page and account,” the organization added. “The Board insists that Facebook review this matter to determine and justify a proportionate response that is consistent with the rules that are applied to other users.”
Facebook Oversight Upholds Trump Ban Linked to Storming of US Capitol
Voice of America
06 May 2021, 04:05 GMT+10
Facebook s oversight board on Wednesday upheld the social media company s decision to ban former U.S. President Donald Trump from posting comments to his Facebook and Instagram accounts, a measure imposed after he posted incendiary remarks as hundreds of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
The quasi-independent panel, however, left open the possibility that Trump could eventually return to the popular website, saying it was not appropriate for Facebook to impose the indeterminate and standardless penalty of indefinite suspension.
The oversight group gave Facebook executives six months to re-examine the arbitrary penalty it imposed the day after the insurrection, when Trump urged followers to confront lawmakers as they certified Joe Biden s election victory.
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(Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) However, the board said, it was not appropriate for Facebook to impose the indeterminate and standardless penalty of indefinite suspension.
The board noted that Facebook’s normal penalties include removing the violating content, imposing a time-bound period of suspension, or permanently disabling the page and account. The Board insists that Facebook review this matter to determine and justify a proportionate response that is consistent with the rules that are applied to other users of its platform. Facebook must complete its review of this matter within six months of the date of this decision. The Board also made policy recommendations for Facebook to implement in developing clear, necessary, and proportionate