Co-chair of Facebook s oversight panel says Trump earned his ban when he egged on Capitol rioters after admitting social media giant s rules are in shambles and need fixing
Facebook Oversight Board co-Chair Michael McConnell said Sunday the site was justified in suspending Trump because his posts violated the platform s policy
He told Fox News that Trump egged on rioters during the January 6 Capitol attack in his rhetoric and social media posts On January 6, President Trump issued those statements. and at that time, he issued these statements which were just egging them on, he said
During the interview McConnell told said Facebook s rules are a shambles
Facebook Oversight Board co-chair slams the social media giant s rules as not transparent, inconsistent and a SHAMBLES and says he upheld Trump ban for six months so Zuckerberg can get his house in order
Facebook Oversight Board Co-Chair Michael McConnell told Fox News Sunday that the social media site s rules are a shambles They are not transparent, they are unclear, they are internally inconsistent
McConnell said the board upholding the ban last week on Trump for the next six months is to allow CEO Mark Zuckerberg to get Facebook s house in order
He assured Trump is held to the same rules as everyone else
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Six MIT affiliates have been selected for the newest cohort of the prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholars program. Kofi Blake, Orisa Coombs, Jierui Fang ’20, Max Kessler ’20, Claire Lazar Reich ’17, and Kyle Swanson ’18, MEng ’19 will begin graduate studies at Stanford University this fall.
Founded in 2018, the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program seeks to cultivate a diverse, multidisciplinary community of future leaders and prepare them to address global challenges. The highly competitive fellowship, which fully funds graduate studies in any field at Stanford University, attracts applicants from around the globe.
In addition to funding, Knight-Hennessy Scholars receive leadership development training, mentorship, and experiential learning opportunities. Since the program’s inception, 11 MIT affiliates students and alumni have been awarded Knight-Hennessy Scholarships.
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The London Times reported today that Mark Zuckerberg turned to Nick Clegg to decide how to handle Facebook’s politically-motivated banning of President Trump:
Mark Zuckerberg told Facebook executives that he would defer to Nick Clegg on how to handle Donald Trump’s ban.
The Facebook chief executive is understood to have let the former deputy prime minister take the lead on whether an independent panel should decide if and when the former US president should be allowed back on its platform. …
Zuckerberg, 36, defended the decision in a post on Facebook the next day, which had been drafted by Clegg, 54, the night before.
Publishing date: May 07, 2021 • 6 hours ago • 3 minute read •
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U.S. support for waiving intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines could be a tactic to convince drugmakers to back less drastic steps like sharing technology and expanding joint ventures to quickly boost global production, lawyers said on Thursday.
“I think the end result that most players are looking for here is not IP waiver in particular, it’s expanded global access to the vaccines,” said Professor Lisa Ouellette of Stanford Law School.
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