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Trump Appeals Suspension to Rejoin Facebook, Instagram
Win or lose, this keeps the issue in the public eye. Article is paywalled, but here are the key bits: [EpochTimes] Former President Donald Trump ...The man who was so stupid he beat fourteen professional politicians, a former tech CEO, and a brain surgeon for the Republican nomination in 2016, then beat The Smartest Woman in the Worldin the general election... has submitted a statement of appeal to an oversight board funded by Facebook in a bid to rejoin the platform. The decision is expected to take around two and a half months. Former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who is a co-chair of the oversight board, told UK’s Channel 4 News that they are currently looking into the appeal concerning Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts. The board was set up to be an independent group to hear users’ appeals and is comprised of 19 former politicians, journalists, and academics. "It’s a very high profile case but that is exactly why the Oversight Board was created in the first place," Thorning-Schmidt said. In a statement to The Epoch Times, the board confirmed that "a user statement has been received in the case before the Oversight Board concerning President Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts." "We will have no further comment concerning that statement until the Board has issued its decision," they added. Trump’s office did not immediately respond to The Epoch Times’ request for comment. Thorning-Schmidt said that the board has 90 days to render a decision, adding that although the members would like to expedite the process, the time frame is necessary to allow for translations and experts to share their opinions. The board is also reviewing public comments on Trump’s appeal. Thorning-Schmidt said they have already received "thousands" of public comments in this case. On the day that the Capitol was breached as Congress was gathered to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, Trump made two posts on Facebook that the company found objectionable and removed, publicly citing Trump’s "use of our platform to incite In both of the posts, one being a video, Trump told his supporters that "we have to have peace" and told them to "go home." Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-25 |
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