Facebook’s Trump Ban Shows Platform’s ‘Rules Are In Shambles,' Oversight Board Co-Chair Says

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Just days after Facebook's oversight board decided to uphold the ban on former President Donald Trump's account, Board Co-Chair Michael McConnell railed against the social media platform on Sunday morning for not following its own policy when it issued an indefinite ban on the former president, piling on pressure for the tech giant as it faces a six-month deadline to make Trump's ban permanent or give a date for his return....

"What we are telling Facebook is that they can't invent penalties as they go along," former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, another oversight board co-chair,Thursday of the decision, saying that all users should be judged by the same standard to avoid the perception that Facebook is politically biased.

Asked whether the oversight board is independent given that CEO Mark Zuckerberg appointed its four co-chairs, McConnell said the danger that the 20 members are"toadies for Facebook is just about zero" adding that many of them have spent their careers criticizing Facebook and noting that most of theMcConnell, however, dodged a question about whether Facebook and other"enormous" platforms, like Twitter, should be regulated or broken up, instead delegating that responsibility...

 

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Twitter is no better with their censorships. It's getting ridiculous that ppl can't even speak their opinion. Or receive a different opinion than gov. As for the likes of Trump, the more you surpress a voice the more they get support. Hitler & recently Farage are two examples.

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It’s a witch hunt not about rules! Stop putting disclaimers on everything with Trump’s name tied to it. If I want to fact check anything I will do my own research!

Facebook twitter has become an ultra-Bolshevik political neo-Marxist personnel platform that will allow only one political opinion.

Or the other perspective is: Liars must not be promoted.

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