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Back to square one? Trump decision still weighs on Facebook
by Barbara Ortutay And Matt O brien, The Associated Press
Posted May 13, 2021 10:03 am EDT
Last Updated May 13, 2021 at 10:14 am EDT
Suppose you were Mark Zuckerberg, recently ordered by an advisory board to decide how long former President Donald Trump should stay banned from Facebook. How do you make that decision without alienating key constituencies advertisers, shareholders, users, lawmakers and others while staying true to your own sense of what Facebook should be?
It’s a hypothetical exercise, but one that illustrates the high-wire act Facebook’s leadership now has to pull off.
Back to square one? Trump decision still weighs on Facebook
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Suppose you were Mark Zuckerberg, recently ordered by an advisory board to decide how long former President Donald Trump should stay banned from Facebook. How do you make that decision without alienating key constituencies – advertisers, shareholders, users, lawmakers and others – while staying true to your own sense of what Facebook should be?
It’s a hypothetical exercise, but one that illustrates the high-wire act Facebook’s leadership now has to pull off.
Facebook’s quasi-independent oversight board last week said the company was justified in suspending Trump because of his role in inciting deadly violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. But it told Facebook to specify how long the suspension would last, saying that its “indefinite” ban on the former president was unreasonable.
Famous Cookies Delivered by Unusual Method
May 07, 2021
In this April 14, 2021, Girl Scouts Alice (right) and Gracie pose with a Wing delivery drone in Christiansburg, Va. The company is testing drone delivery of Girl Scout cookies in the area. (Sam Dean/ Wing LLC via AP)
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The Girl Scouts organization, founded in 1912, is well known for teaching important life and survival skills to girls.
Part of their goal, as stated on their website, is “to improve their
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