Facebook Board Upholds Trump Ban but Orders Review

On Wednesday, Facebook's Oversight Board upheld the company's suspension of former President Donald Trump but instructed the company to determine a “proportionate response” going forward, a verdict that may determine how social media companies handle content violations going forward. In its decision, the board upheld Facebook's decision to suspend Trump in the wake of the January 6th violence at the U.S. Capitol, but it criticized the social network for issuing an indefinite suspension and ordered it to revisit the decision within six months. The determination by the board also applies to social media company Instagram, which is owned by Facebook. Update 5/5/21 at 10:01 am: This roundup originally included an article from AP Politics (Lean Left bias), which we replaced with an article from BBC News (Center). We had incorrectly marked the AP article as having come from its Center-rated news section.