Facebook hands decision on Trump ban to oversight board

ReutersPublished: Jan 22, 2021 1:29 AM

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it was referring its decision to indefinitely suspend the accounts of former US President Donald Trump to its independent oversight board.

Trump will remain suspended while the board, a recently created body that can overrule the company’s decisions on content, reviews the decision.

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