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Donald Trump could be allowed to return to Facebook today - here's what you need to know
The Facebook Oversight Board will rule on Trump’s ongoing ban this afternoon.
By Stephen McDermott
Wednesday 5 May 2021, 6:10 AM
May 5th 2021, 6:10 AM
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Image: Pedro Portal/PA
Image: Pedro Portal/PA
FACEBOOK’S INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT committee will issue its final ruling today on whether to permanently ban Donald Trump from the social network.
Trump was blocked from posting on Facebook in January over comments which were deemed to have encouraged rioters who took over the US Capitol on 6 January.
In the wake of the ban, Facebook asked its Oversight Board (known informally as the tech giant’s “supreme court”), which has a final say on what is allowed to remain on the platform, to review the former president’s removal from its platform.