Facebook impartial oversight board tweeted on Monday it might announce a call May 5 on whether or not to uphold former US President Donald Trump’s indefinite suspension from the social media platform and Instagram.
Facebook blocked Trump’s entry to his Facebook and Instagram accounts over considerations of additional violent unrest following the January 6 storming of the US Capitol by his supporters. It later handed the case to the oversight board.
The Oversight Board will announce its resolution on the case regarding former US President Trump on its web site at https://t.co/NNQ9YCrcrh on May 5, 2021 at roughly 9:00 a.m. EDT.— Oversight Board (@OversightBoard) May 3, 2021
The board, created by Facebook in response to criticism over its dealing with of problematic content material, in mid-April stated it had prolonged the general public remark interval on the case. The board had stated then that the Trump case obtained over 9,000 feedback, greater than every other case.
