Facebook’s Oversight Board Didn’t Solve the Trump Problem | Analysis

The Board, which was supposed to provide clarity on Facebook’s censorship decisions, provided confusion instead Former President Donald Trump’s Facebook future was supposed to be determined on Wednesday morning; instead, the can got kicked down the road in a move that calls into question why Facebook’s “Oversight Board” even exists. At 6:15 a.m. PT on Wednesday, the Oversight Board — an independent 20-person team that, according to Facebook, consists of global “experts” on topics like journalism, international politics and free expression — determined the company was “justified” in kicking Trump off its platform in January but declined to weigh in on whether (and when) he might be able to rejoin. Back on Jan. 7, just one day after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, Facebook hit the then-president with an “indefinite” suspension on its platfforms. On Wednesday, Facebook’s Oversight Board said two of Trump’s Facebook comments at the time — “We love you. You’re very special” and “remember this day forever” — clearly broke the company’s rules against praising or supporting “people engaged in violence.” Those comments alone gave Facebook the green light to take action against his account, the Board said. But on the most important question here —...

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