Facebook’s quasi-independent oversight board will decide whether the company’s decision to ban Trump indefinitely from its platform for inciting his supporters to storm the Capitol was the right one. — AP
OAKLAND, California: Facebook is passing the buck for its indefinite suspension of former president Donald Trump to a quasi-independent oversight board, setting up a major test of the recently established panel.
The social media giant said Thursday that it believes it made the right decision to suspend Trump after he incited his supporters to storm the US Capitol in a deadly assault on Jan 6. But it said it's referring the matter to the oversight board for what it called an “independent judgment” on upholding the decision.
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