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this was broadcast on taxpayer-funded ABC Australia yesterday. it ended with an update about Trump being permanently banned (note it was recorded in Feb 2021):

AUDIO/TRANSCRIPT: 12 Feb 2021: WNYC RadioLab: Facebook’s Supreme Court
JAD ABUMRAD: Three, two, one. Hey. I’m Jad Abumrad. This is RADIOLAB. Today, we have got a special collaboration with The New Yorker magazine and The New Yorker Radio Hour - very excited about that...

KATE KLONICK (professor of law at St. John’s University): It’s part of, like, a larger sense, I think, that he (ZUCKERBERG) sees Facebook becoming more and more - like, a government isn’t even the best term, but, like, a system of government...

SIMON ADLER: This is Brent Harris, who led Facebook’s effort to build this board, this court...

BRENT HARRIS: I mean, I spent about 15 years working on climate before I came to Facebook. And I think the issues here are deeply analogous...

BRENT HARRIS: They are human-generated. There are major regulatory actions that are needed. There’s a serious responsibility by industry to step up and think about the responsibility that they hold. And the solutions that will come forward as we start to figure out how to address these types of challenges will inherently be incremental...

BRENT HARRIS: You know, is the Paris agreement enough? No. Is it a lot better than what we had before? Yes. Is the Montreal Protocol enough? No. Is it a (laughter) substantial step forward against this challenge? Yes. And building this board is only one step in a wide array of many other steps that need to be taken on.

SIMON ADLER: It sounds to me that what you’re saying is this is the first piece in this global governance body Facebook is imagining.

BRENT HARRIS: Well, if it really works and people end up believing in it and thinking it’s a step forward, then, yeah, further steps can be taken...
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/facebooks-supreme-court