Facebook has six months to determine if Trump returns


FILE PHOTO FILE PHOTO The Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken December 2 2019. REUTERSJohanna GeronIllustrationFile PhotoFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's oversight board on Wednesday upheld the company's suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump but said the company was wrong to make the suspension indefinite and gave it six months to determine a "proportionate response."

Trump called the decision and his banning across tech platforms "a total disgrace" and said the companies would "pay a political price."

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