In a much-anticiapted ruling, Facebook’s Oversight Board has ruled to keep Trump off the social media platform though it indicated that Mark Zuckerberg would need to review again in six months.
In the lengthy ruling, the board said that Trump ‘severely violated’ Facebook’s policies with his January 6 posts where he told rioters: ‘We love you, you’re very special’ and that he ‘created an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible’ by constantly claiming he was the victim of election fraud – which the board said was an ‘an unfounded narrative’.
‘As president, Mr. Trump had a high level of influence. The reach of his posts was large, with 35 million followers on Facebook and 24 million on Instagram.
‘Given the seriousness of the violations and the ongoing risk of violence, Facebook was justified in suspending Mr. Trump’s accounts on January 6 and extending that suspension on January 7,’ the decision reads.
Twitter permanently banned him after the riot and says they have no plans to change their decision.
