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Here's how Trump could return to Facebook
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A vote by Facebook's Oversight Board this month could overturn Donald Trump's ban from Facebook and Instagram.
The board is poised to vote later this month on the social media company's decision to ban the former U.S. president from its platforms following the violent protests at the Capitol on January 6. The day after the riots, Facebook announced that it would suspend the then-president's official accounts indefinitely, citing the "incitement or encouragement of the events at the Capitol." Facebook and the oversight board both declined to comment for this story.![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20250216030556.jpg)
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