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Facebook Board Announces Trump Remains Banned. Trump Starts His Own “Platform.” Then-President Donald Trump listens during a discussion with state attorneys general on protection from social media abuses in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on September 23, 2020. MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images By Reading List “So shines a good deed in a weary world,” said Willy Wonka when confronted with an unexpected kindness. The candy master may have had similar words about today’s decision by Facebook’s new 20-person “Oversight Board.” Fo...

Former President Donald Trump won’t return to Facebook for now. The social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board voted to uphold his ban from the platform after his account was suspended four months ago for inciting violence that led to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot. While upholding the suspension, the board faulted Facebook in a statement for the way it made the decision. The board said the ongoing risk of serious violence justified Facebook’s suspension at the time, but said it “was not appropriate for Facebook to impose an ‘indefinite’ suspension.”...

Facebook's Oversight Board already 'a bit frustrated' -- and it hasn't made a call on Trump ban yet Read full article Oops! The Facebook Oversight Board (FOB) is already feeling frustrated by the binary choices it's expected to make as it reviews Facebook's content moderation decisions, according to one of its members who was giving evidence to a UK House of Lords committee today which is running an enquiry into freedom of expression online. The FOB is currently considering whether to overturn Facebook's ban on former US president, Donald Trump. The tech giant banned Trump "indefinitely" ear...

Jeffrey Zients, Trinity ‘88, is currently co-chair of the Biden-Harris transition team and will serve as coordinator of the COVID-19 response and counselor to the president. 

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