Facebook Oversight Board member criticizes indefinite Trump ban: ‘Their rules are in shambles’
A member of Facebook’s Oversight Board criticized the social media platform in the wake of its indefinite ban on former President Donald Trump, saying Facebooks rules are in “shambles.”
“We gave them a certain amount of time to get their house in order,” Michael McConnell, a former federal juge, told “Fox News Sunday.” “They needed some time because their rules are a shambles. They are not transparent. They are unclear. They are internally inconsistent. So we made a series of recommendations about how to make their rules clearer and more consistent.”
The Oversight Board upheld Facebook’s current ban on Trump for his posts on Jan. 6, with some caveats.
Facebook Is Keeping Trump Off Its Platform
Facebook’s oversight board upheld the company’s decision to ban former President Donald Trump Wednesday morning.
“The Board found that, in maintaining an unfounded narrative of electoral fraud and persistent calls to action, Mr. Trump created an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible,” the board said in a statement.
It also found, however, that a permanent ban was inappropriate, and requested that Facebook reach a “proportionate response that is consistent with the rules that are applied to other users of the platform.”