Facebook Oversight Board to Decide on Donald Trump’s Suspension From Facebook, Instagram

Its ruling will be handed down within 90 days and it is binding

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Facebook’s independent content oversight board finally started reviewing cases last December, and it now has its highest-profile case to date on its docket: the indefinite suspension of former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts.

The social network also requested recommendations from the board with the aim of crafting a policy on suspensions when the impacted user is a political leader.

Vice president of global affairs and communications Nick Clegg wrote in a Newsroom post Thursday, “Our decision to suspend then-President Trump’s access was taken in extraordinary circumstances: a U.S.

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