Posted on 05/05/2021 8:30:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Facebook’s oversight board voted to uphold a ban on former President Donald Trump’s ability to post content to his Facebook page, as well as his Instagram account. The decision was made on January 7, following the riot at the United States Capitol carried out by supporters of the president.
The indeterminate ban was triggered by a video posted by Trump in which he echoed the claim that the 2020 election was stolen, but told the protesters at the Capitol to “go home.” On account of violating the platform's standards, the board agreed to suspend Trump’s pages “indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete,” ahead of President Joe Biden’s inauguration.
The board determined that Trump’s ability to post content should remain suspended for 6 months following the January 7 decision, and left the door open for reinstatement.
“The Board upholds Facebook’s decision on January 7, 2021, to restrict then-President Donald Trump’s access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account. However, it was not appropriate for Facebook to impose the indeterminate and standardless penalty of indefinite suspension. Facebook’s normal penalties include removing the violating content, imposing a time-bound period of suspension, or permanently disabling the page and account. The Board insists that Facebook review this matter to determine and justify a proportionate response that is consistent with the rules that are applied to other users of its platform. Facebook must complete its review of this matter within six months of the date of this decision,” the oversight board wrote.
The former president recently launched a website of his own, which he hopes will serve as a "place to speak freely and safely."
Is there a way to find the names of these board members?
Non-answer they say he either needs to be banned in total or for a specified time.
Facebook has violated their own terms.
WOW. Unbelievable.
CBS This Morning soy boy tony dokopul showed the list with photos. The are all extreme leftist "Human Rights" lawyers. One look at this unaccountable woke group and it was easy to predict a unanimous decision to uphold. Soy boy tony said this decision would allow people to feel comfortable that the decision was thoughtful and legitimate???? LOL
LOL, I’m sure Trump is rolled up in a ball in a corner somewhere sucking his thumb over this! My friend Karma will get all these losers one way or another. Karma does not forget.
President Trump should just start posting here instead. Great opportunity to interact with a lot of people who actually support him.
Oversight Board (Facebook)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oversight_Board_(Facebook)
Catalina Botero Marino, co-chair Colombia 2020– Dean of Law Faculty at Universidad de los Andes
Jamal Greene, co-chair United States 2020– Columbia Law Professor
Michael McConnell, co-chair United States 2020– Stanford Law Professor
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, co-chair Denmark 2020– Former prime minister of Denmark
Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei Ghana; South Africa 2020– Human rights lawyer
Evelyn Aswad United States 2020– University of Oklahoma College of Law Professor
Endy Bayuni Indonesia 2020– Journalist
Katherine Chen Taiwan 2020– Public relations and statistics professor at National Chengchi University
Nighat Dad Pakistan 2020– Lawyer and internet activist
Pamela S. Karlan United States 2020–2021 Stanford Law Professor
Tawakkol Karman Yemen 2020– Journalist and human rights activist
Maina Kiai Kenya 2020– Lawyer and human rights activist
Sudhir Krishnaswamy India 2020– Vice-Chancellor of National Law School of India University
Ronaldo Lemos Brazil 2020– Lawyer and academic
Suzanne Nossel United States 2021– CEO of PEN America
Julie Owono Cameroon; France 2020– Lawyer and executive director of Internet Sans Frontières
Emi Palmor Israel 2020– Former director general of Israeli Justice Ministry
Alan Rusbridger United Kingdom 2020– Journalist
András Sajó Hungary 2020– Law academic
John Samples United States 2020– Vice president of Cato Institute
Nicolas Suzor Australia 2020– Queensland University of Technology Law Professor
https://www.oversightboard.com/meet-the-board/ (profile images)
https://www.oversightboard.com/
Not one is a working man. A blue collar joe who has to sweat to provide for his family.
Time for a corporate break-up. Free WhatsApp.
You mean the anonymous Facebook Gestapo headed by Mark Zuckerberg? But of course.
—” I’m sure Trump is rolled up in a ball “
Deeply concerned, is his name spelled correctly?
It’s a disturbing world where the “court” of a private company gets this much influence and attention.
Wow! Lawyers and affiliations abound!
Of course they do. They have to because he scares the shit out of them.
Well, isn’t that special for them.
Wasn’t Facebook the primary platform used by the “insurrectionists”, so shouldn’t facebook censor themselves.
Includes “Julie Owono Cameroon; France 2020– Lawyer and executive director of Internet Sans Frontières”
Sans Frontières - oh the irony.
So they ban DJT but let the Nazi Party post?
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