By Elizabeth Culliford
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s oversight board on Wednesday will decide whether to uphold the company’s indefinite suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump, in a much-awaited verdict that may signal how the company will treat rule-breaking world leaders in the future.
Facebook indefinitely blocked Trump’s access to his Facebook and Instagram accounts over concerns of further violent unrest following the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of the former president.
At the time of the suspension, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a post that “the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great.” The company later referred the case to its recently established board, which includes academics, lawyers and rights activists, to decide whether to uphold the ban or restore Trump.
By Syndicated Content
By Elizabeth Culliford
(Reuters) â Facebook Incâs oversight board on Wednesday will decide whether to uphold the companyâs indefinite suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump, in a much-awaited verdict that may signal how the company will treat rule-breaking world leaders in the future.
Facebook indefinitely blocked Trumpâs access to his Facebook and Instagram accounts over concerns of further violent unrest following the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of the former president.
At the time of the suspension, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a post that âthe risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great.â The company later referred the case to its recently established board, which includes academics, lawyers and rights activists, to decide whether to uphold the ban or restore Trump.
Aldi and other big grocers threaten to boycott Brazil over deforestation in the Amazon By: CNN
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business
(CNN) Some of Europe s biggest supermarkets and food companies have threatened to stop buying agricultural products from Brazil if a bill they say would encourage deforestation in the Amazon becomes law.
In an open letter published on Wednesday, 40 grocers, food suppliers and investment firmsurged Brazilian lawmakers to reconsider a legislative proposal that would legalize the private occupation of public landthat has taken place since 2012. They say the bill poses potentially even greater threats to the Amazon than before, following already high levels of deforestation.
For the World to See: Bolsonaroâs Failure to Protect the Amazon
The Brazilian government is trying to convince the international community that its support is needed to save the Amazon rainforest.
Children fleeing from a forest fire in Brazil.
In Brazil, the popular historical expression âfor the English to seeâ means âfor the purpose of appearance, without validityâ. It emerged in the nineteenth century, when England, for economic reasons, tried to abolish slavery throughout the world, including in Brazil, whose economy was based on slavery. To deceive the British, the Brazilian Empire placed ships on the coast with the supposed mission of going after slave ships. In practice, however, nothing happened. It was just a staging âfor the English to see.â