A semi-independent oversight board for Facebook is set to announce whether former United States President Donald Trump will be allowed to return to the social media platform.
The announcement expected later on Wednesday could mark the first major platform to end Trump’s online exile. The board may also make related recommendations to the California-based social giant.
The former president was suspended from all major social media platforms for allegedly inciting violence amid a disinformation campaign in the wake of the November 2020 US presidential election.
Ahead of our announcement on the Trump suspension case, a reminder of how the Oversight Board makes decisions: pic.twitter.com/ytSGPOCEp7
Trump launches personal communication webpage ahead of Facebook decision on ban
Facebook’s independent oversight board is ruling tomorrow on whether to allow Trump back on the platform. By AFP Tuesday 4 May 2021, 10:58 PM May 4th 2021, 10:58 PM 28,904 Views 38 Comments
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FORMER US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has launched a webpage to publish messages to his followers ahead of a decision by Facebook over his ban from the platform.
Facebook’s independent oversight board is set to release a ruling around 1pm GMT tomorrow on whether to leave in place the Trump ban, or allow him to return.
EXPLAINER: Will Donald Trump return to Facebook?
BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer
May 4, 2021
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1of3FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally in Washington. Former President Trump will find out whether he gets to return to Facebook on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, when the social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board plans to announce its ruling in the case involving the former president.Jacquelyn Martin/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3FILE- In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York s Times Square. Former President Trump will find out whether he gets to return to Facebook on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, when the social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board plans to announce its ruling in the case involving the former president.Richard Drew/APShow MoreShow Less
Trump Ban Ruling Marks Defining Moment For Facebook Panel By Rob Lever
05/04/21 AT 3:52 PM
Facebook s independent oversight board was gearing up Tuesday for a momentous decision on the platform s ban of former US president Donald Trump, as debate swirls on the role of social media in curbing hateful and abusive speech while enabling political discourse.
The ruling set for release at 1300 GMT Wednesday is likely to be a defining moment for the leading social network s so-called supreme court envisioned by company founder Mark Zuckerberg to make thorny decisions on what to allow or remove from Facebook.
The oversight board, which makes decisions that are binding on Facebook and cannot be appealed, will rule on whether to leave in place the Trump ban, or allow him back on the platform. It may also make related recommendations to the California-based social giant.
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Apple is following through on its pledge to crack down on Facebook and other snoopy apps that secretly shadow people on their iPhones in order to target more advertising at users.
The new privacy feature, dubbed “App Tracking Transparency,” rolled out Monday as part of an update to the operating system powering the iPhone and iPad. The anti-tracking shield included in iOS 14.5 arrives after a seven-month delay during which Apple and Facebook attacked each other’s business models and motives for decisions that affect billions of people around the world.
“What this feud demonstrates more than anything is that Facebook and Apple have tremendous gatekeeping powers over the market,” said Elizabeth Renieris, founding director of the Technology Ethics Lab at the University of Notre Dame.