{"id":470522,"date":"2021-05-04T11:05:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T15:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=470522"},"modified":"2021-05-04T11:05:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T15:05:47","slug":"facebooks-oversight-board-to-decide-whether-trumps-ban-will-be-permanent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebooks-oversight-board-to-decide-whether-trumps-ban-will-be-permanent\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook\u2019s \u2018Oversight Board\u2019 To Decide Whether Trump\u2019s Ban Will Be Permanent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffacebooks-oversight-board-to-decide-whether-trumps-ban-will-be-permanent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=470522&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-837567644-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Facebook\u2019s Oversight Board is expected to announce its decision Wednesday regarding whether former President Donald Trump will be reinstated on Facebook and Instagram, or if his ban following the January 6 riot in Washington, D.C., will remain permanent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The board\u2019s decision \u2014 according to their own guidance \u2014 was meant to be concluded in 90 days. They announced in mid-April, however, that a decision could be expected \u201cin the coming weeks\u201d so that the board could review the thousands of comments it had received regarding the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Board will announce its decision on the case concerning former US President Trump\u2019s indefinite suspension from Facebook and Instagram in the coming weeks. We extended the public comments deadline for this case, receiving 9,000+ responses,\u201d the Oversight Board announced on Twitter. \u201cThe Board\u2019s commitment to carefully reviewing all comments has extended the case timeline, in line with the Board\u2019s bylaws. We will share more information soon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.372197309417\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(2\/2): The Board\u2019s commitment to carefully reviewing all comments has extended the case timeline, in line with the Board\u2019s bylaws. We will share more information soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oversight Board (@OversightBoard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OversightBoard\/status\/1383058864074063874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThe board will announce its decision on this case \u2014 its most significant by far \u2014 at approximately 9 a.m. Wednesday,\u201d reported <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2021\/05\/03\/facebook-trump-decision-faq\/\"><span>The Washington Post<\/span><\/a>.<span>\u00a0\u201cThe ruling is being closely watched by politicians around the world, as well as social media researchers and other tech companies that similarly banned Trump in January.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Facebook was the first \u201cmajor social media platform\u201d to ban Trump following accusations of \u201cincitement of violence\u201d related to January 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe believe the risks of allowing President Trump to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great, so we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks,\u201d Facebook announced on Twitter on January 7.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.6415662650602\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We believe the risks of allowing President Trump to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great, so we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JkyGOTYB1Z\">pic.twitter.com\/JkyGOTYB1Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Facebook Newsroom (@fbnewsroom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fbnewsroom\/status\/1347211647245578241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Twitter moved to permanently ban Trump on January 8, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/topics\/company\/2020\/suspension.html\"><span>announcing<\/span><\/a><span> that \u201cAfter close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them \u2014 specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter \u2014 we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition to Donald Trump\u2019s social media ban, Facebook also recently \u201c<\/span><span>removed a video of an interview with Trump conducted by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, saying any content \u2018in the voice of Donald Trump\u2019 would be scrubbed from the social media platform,\u201d according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/facebook-oversight-board-decision-trump-ban-wednesday\"><span>Fox Business<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last month, <\/span><span>Facebook announced that it will be expanding the powers of its Oversight Board to now accept user appeals regarding content they want <\/span><span>removed<\/span><span> from Facebook and Instagram.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oversightboard.com\/news\/267806285017646-the-oversight-board-is-accepting-user-appeals-to-remove-content-from-facebook-and-instagram\/\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span>, the Oversight Board unveiled its new role in getting content pulled from the platform. \u201cFrom today, users will be able to appeal content to the Oversight Board which they want removed from Facebook and Instagram.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-facebook-oversight-idUSKBN2C01HA\"><span>Reuters<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cThe board has 19 members, including former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and several law experts and rights advocates. [The board\u2019s administrative director] said a replacement member for law professor Pamela Karlan, who left to join the Biden administration, is being chosen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook\u2019s Oversight Board is expected to announce its decision Wednesday regarding whether former President Donald Trump will be reinstated on Facebook and Instagram, or if his ban following the January &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277270,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-837567644-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Facebook\u2019s \u2018Oversight Board\u2019 To Decide Whether Trump\u2019s Ban Will Be Permanent","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-837567644-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Facebook\u2019s \u2018Oversight Board\u2019 To Decide Whether Trump\u2019s Ban Will Be Permanent","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}