Trump And The Limits of Facebook's Oversight Board
The Atlantic The Problem Is Facebook Facebook’s “Supreme Court” might have upheld Donald Trump’s suspension, but that doesn’t make it a real court. Erlon Silva / Getty / The Atlantic Back to you, Zuck. Facebook’s oversight board earlier today declined to act as a human shield for the social network. Asked to rule on the suspension of Donald Trump’s account in the wake of the January 6 Capitol riot, it passed the ultimate decision back to Facebook. For now, Trump’s suspension stays in place. But the board has given Facebook six months to “reexamine the arbitrary penalty it im...
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