
Co-chair of Facebook Oversight Board defends decision to uphold Trump ban
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Michael McConnell, co-chair of the Facebook Oversight Board, defended the board's recommendation to continue the suspension of former President Donald Trump's Facebook account over statements he made in the immediate aftermath of the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol.
"This is a plain violation of Facebook's rules against praising dangerous individuals and organizations at a time of violence," McConnell said in an interview on Fox News Sunday, discussing Trump's January 6 posts. "Mr. Trump is subject to the same rules on Facebook as everyone else and the oversight board held that this was in fact a violation, and thus Facebook was justified in taking them down." McConnell did note that the board also found Facebook's rules are in "shambles" and have made recommendations to the company to increase transparency.More Related News