And with nearly a third of the global population using Facebook's platform every month, I'm thankful the board is forcing Zuckerberg and his executives to be clear about the social network's policies and to take responsibility for the calls it makes about posts on its service. The board wants consistency, fairness and transparency - what any rational person would expect. Aside from Congress or the cabinet taking action as outlined in the Constitution, the president is the president when sworn in as the president. Of course Zuckerberg shouldn't have that power, nor should any of us. The very idea that an unelected, 36-year-old tech billionaire and social media mogul has any right to unilaterally muzzle the president of the United States "indefinitely" is absurd. Because the lack of specific standards for engaging on Facebook, the world's most popular social network, with 2.8 billion members, isn't about Trump. "However, it was not appropriate for Facebook to impose an 'indefinite' suspension." It then added these 12 words that I think will likely go down as one of the most importation decisions of the modern age: ![]() "The Board has upheld Facebook's decision on January 7, 2021, to restrict then-President Donald Trump's access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account," the board wrote on Wednesday. ![]() The 20 members of the quasi-independent board, experts in free expression, human rights and journalism, agreed that the threat of imminent harm required a temporary silencing of the world's most powerful and influential person. That day, Trump posted a message telling his supporters in DC, "We love you, you're very special," and restating lies that he'd won the presidential election. Facebook acted after a mob of Trump's supporters attacked and ransacked the US Capitol to disrupt the certification of an election he'd lost. With a dozen words, Facebook's oversight board made one of its most consequential decisions after agreeing with CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to ban then-President Donald Trump for inciting the Jan.
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