Donald Trump appeals directly to Facebook s left-leaning supreme court to rejoin platform but a decision on whether to permanently ban him will take at least two months
Former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who is a co-chair of Facebook s Oversight Committee, says they are reviewing Trump s case
She told the UK s Channel 4 News on Tuesday that a decision by the panel was not likely for another two and a half months
The news outlet reported that Trump had made a direct appeal to the Oversight Board to have his ban overturned
Trump had his Facebook and Instagram accounts suspended in the wake of the deadly riots at the US Capitol on January 6
Facebook was about to ban conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and links from his Infowars website in April 2019 but Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg did not consider Jones to be a hate figure at the time.
Facebook s left-leaning Oversight Board dubbed the supreme court overrules the tech giant in four out of five of its first cases and says it was wrong to ban nipples in breast cancer post
The left-leaning Oversight Board said the social network was wrong to take down post for violating rules on hate speech and harmful COVID-19 misinformation
It overturned a decision to remove a post with photos of a deceased child that included commentary on China s treatment of Uighur Muslims
The board also overturned a decision to remove an alleged Goebbels quote
And it ruled that Instagram photos showing female nipples that the user said aimed to raise awareness of breast cancer should not have been taken down
Facebook puts Trump on internal trial: Social media giant refers decision to permanently ban former president to its left-leaning supreme court oversight board
Facebook is allowing its left-leaning supreme court oversight board to decide if Donald Trump should be permanently banned
Trump had his Facebook and Instagram accounts suspended after the deadly January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol at the hands of MAGA mob rioters
The social media giant said on Thursday that it stands by its decision to suspend Trump s accounts but will defer to the seemingly-independent oversight board
Critics of the decision to ban Trump from Facebook say it is censorship and will have serious free speech consequences going forward