Facebooks’ Board to decide on the indefinite ban of Donald Trump

Within the matter of “weeks” Facebook’s ‘Oversight Board’ will make a decision on whether or not to reversal Donald Trump’s indefinite suspension from its platform.

Extension of earlier deadline of feedback is due to the extension of case timeline. Facebook had earlier committed of “carefully reviewing all comments”.

This comes after the high profile case has attracted huge attention of public, as FOB tweeted that it received more than 9,000 responses for its earliest request for public feedback.

(1/2): The Board will announce its decision on the case concerning former US President Trump's indefinite suspension from Facebook and Instagram in the coming weeks. We extended the public comments deadline for this case, receiving 9,000+ responses.

— Oversight Board (@OversightBoard) April 16, 2021

Former president’s suspension from both Facebook and Instagram, was announced by its founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg on January 7, following Trump’s involvement in the riots that took place at the Capitol Hill. He had instigated his followers which led them to clash with the police, resulting in several deaths.

Facebook however transferred the case over to the board for review, the move suggested that there may be some chance for the ban to reverse.

FOB after accepting the case said that they will issuing a decision in 90 days from January 21 – which would have fallen next Wednesday. But it looks like the decision will be pushed further to next month.

It is quite familiar with Facebook delaying its decisions, keeping in mind the tech giant’s crisis PR response in case of its bad publicity and scandals.

In a related FOB news, Facebook announced that user can move Oversight Board for not removing harmful content from its platform.