Trump called Facebook, Twitter and Google s YouTube, all of which suspended him following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a total disgrace and an embarrassment to our country. Free Speech has been taken away from the President of the United States because the Radical Left Lunatics are afraid of the truth, but the truth will come out anyway, bigger and stronger than ever before, he said in a statement. These corrupt social media companies must pay a political price, and must never again be allowed to destroy and decimate our Electoral Process.
But Laurence Tribe, a professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School and a liberal stalwart, said no one has a First Amendment right to speak on Facebook.
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They are referred to as The Supreme Court of Facebook. But the Facebook Oversight Board, a supposed global independent panel of 20 people featuring academic, political and civic leaders, doesn t appear to be looking for likes.
On Wednesday, the board upheld former President Donald Trump s ban from the social network but added that Facebook must review its decision to permanently ban him.
So just what is the Facebook Oversight Board? The body says it embraces the responsibility to answer some of the most difficult questions around freedom of expression online: what to take down, what to leave up, and why.
A total disgrace and embarrassment to our country : Trump blasts radical left lunatics on Facebook s Oversight Board for upholding Zuckerberg s ban on his accounts and warns big tech will pay a political price for taking away his free speech
Facebook s Oversight Board ruled to keep Trump banned for another 6 months
Then, the final decision will be made by Facebook on whether he can come back
It punts the controversial decision back to Facebook after months of waiting
The board has 20 highly paid, left leaning members who make the decisions
They get paid six figure salaries for approximately 15 hours of work a week
Facebook Oversight Board: The members who decide what to take down, what to leave up Terry Collins, USA TODAY
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They are referred to as The Supreme Court of Facebook. But the Facebook Oversight Board, a supposed global independent panel of 20 people featuring academic, political and civic leaders, doesn t appear to be looking for likes.
On Wednesday, the board upheld former President Donald Trump s ban from the social network but added that Facebook must review its decision to permanently ban him.
So just what is the Facebook Oversight Board? The body says it embraces the responsibility to answer some of the most difficult questions around freedom of expression online: what to take down, what to leave up, and why.