Donald was also banned from both Facebook and Instagram following the violence, a decision that was upheld by the company’s independent oversight board this week.
“The board found that, in maintaining an unfounded narrative of electoral fraud and persistent calls to action, Mr Trump created an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible,” the board ruled.
“At the time of Mr Trump’s posts, there was a clear, immediate risk of harm and his words of support for this involved in the riots legitimised their violent actions.”
Although the oversight board said it would review Trump’s ban within six months, the former president took to his blog, described as a “deranged man’s Tumblr“, to rant about the decision.
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Published May 6, 2021
In a bit of a surprise, the Facebook Oversight Board refused to restoreDonald Trump’s Facebook account. It was suspended after the former president posted comments on Facebook and Instagram encouraging the insurrectionists who looted the Capitol January 6. The comments and videos violated Facebook’s Community Standards, grounds for blocking Trump’s account.
The oversight board agreed that Trump violated those standards when he “praised and supported people involved in a continuing riot where people died, lawmakers were put at serious risk of harm, and a key democratic process [certification of electoral votes] was disrupted.”
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Donald Trump appeared to make a veiled threat toward Facebook after the social media giant upheld its suspension of the former U.S. president.
Trump railed against the decision and his banning across tech platforms, calling it “a total disgrace” and said the companies would “pay a political price.”
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Facebook’s oversight board on Wednesday upheld the suspension of Trump but said the company was wrong to make the suspension indefinite and gave it six months to determine a “proportionate response.”