Facebook Panel Member On Trump Ban Ruling And What Happens Next
05/05/21 AT 3:53 PM
Facebook s independent oversight board said its decision to uphold the platform s ban on Donald Trump was based on global human rights principles and considerations of imminent harm and violence.
Lawyer and digital rights advocate Julie Owono, who heads Paris-based Internet Sans Frontieres, answers AFP s questions on the decision by the 20-member panel to affirm the ban while ordering Facebook to conduct a more thorough review.
Owono: Yes, given the exceptional nature of events that happened on January 6, the company was right to take action. So, in that regard, the board s decision is extremely clear and telling Facebook you should apply your rules, and the penalties that are provided in case of community standards violation, especially given the gravity and the severity of the violation that happened.
Facebook Oversight Board Affirms Trump Ban For Now By Rob Lever
05/05/21 AT 2:54 PM
Facebook s independent oversight board on Wednesday upheld a ban on former US president Donald Trump while ordering further review of the case, in a decision with a potentially far-reaching impact on the regulation of online speech.
Trump, whose political influence has arguably been severely curtailed by the loss of his social media presence, responded with a statement slamming bans by the leading social network and other online giants as a total disgrace.
The oversight board, whose decisions are binding on Facebook, said Trump had created an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible with his comments regarding the January 6 rampage by his supporters at the US Capitol.
five months in the making calls for reassessment later this year,
fueling public debate about whether social media platforms are intruding too much into policing the public forums they provide.
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(CN) With approval from its board, Facebook continued its ban of Donald Trump on Wednesday, but the decision says Facebook has a duty to reassess the indefinite penalty it handed the former U.S. president following the Jan. 6 riot at the nation’s capital.
“It is not permissible for Facebook to keep a user off the platform for an undefined period, with no criteria for when or whether the account will be restored,” the board found, contrasting the ban against penalties that are usually imposed on Facebook users, including removal of the offending content, a time-bound period of suspension, or permanent disabling of their pages and accounts.
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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.