The oversight board of Facebook upheld the decision to suspend the former president after the insurrection of the U.S. Capitol but stopped short of permanently banning him from the website.

An advisory board consisting of Facebook-appointed journalists, social activists, and lawyers reaffirmed today the social network’s ban on former president Trump, eliminating any chance that he would return to the traditional media and reigniting the long-restrained expression on the internet as a dispute over freedom of influence.

After Trump used the site to foment an uprising in Washington D.C. in January, Facebook’s pseudo-parallel governance system of content gatekeepers, the board of directors, is in charge of the company’s decisions, found that he was correct in removing him.

Since violence had been such a problem, the panel said it was justified in continuing the course of action.

That was countered by the board, which argued that an indefinite suspension was not to be “appropriate” and stated that the corporation should impose a “specified penalty.”

The board gave Facebook six months to review the account of Mr. Trump to make their final decision on his account.

Michael McConnell, the co-chair of the Oversight Board, said

“Our sole job is to hold this extremely powerful organization, Facebook, to be held accountable.”

The ban on Mr. Trump “did not meet these standards,” he said.

Mr. Trump did not explicitly mention the Oversight Board’s decision in his prepared statement. However, he blasted Facebook, Google, and Twitter, labeling them as unethical. “Free Speech has been taken away from the President of the United States because the Radical Left Lunatics are afraid of the truth.”

The continuation of the suspension of Trump’s social media presence has urged on some of Trump’s conservative allies. It has only further fueled the  GOP party that their claims of being silenced and biased are valid.

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, has spoken before Congress about whether social media has exhibited conservative bias.

He has consistently denied the allegations.

Overall, Wall Street Rebel felt that Facebook actually took a pretty tolerant position to the former president. Facebook took a neutral position and allowed Trump to spread misinformation and fake news throughout his presidency and campaign to millions of Americans.  Facebook took a neutral position before and after the January 6 insurrection as Trump fired up his constituents with false election information. Even after the insurrection did Facebook look on passively and allow Trump to continue his lies.

It wasn’t until Trump was a private citizen and after President Biden was in office for two weeks did Facebook take action to protect the integrality of their platform.  When Trump praised the insurrectionists and attempted to set up a false misinformation campaign, another group that actually instigated the wrongful acts did Facebook suspend Trump’s account.

The federal prosecutor, Michael Sherwin heading the inquiry into the January 6, said, “There’s no doubt that Trump was the anchor that drew people to D.C. on the sixth,” Sherwin said. “The issue now is whether he is legally responsible for anything that occurred after the siege, after the breach?”

Over one hundred individuals have been charged with attacking federal and local officials, including Capitol Police and Officer Brian Sicknick, who died due to the incident.

On that fateful day in January, as most American’s sat in front of their televisions watching in horror as the Capitol was overrun, the last thing they were saying to themselves was… I admire what those brave patriots are doing to the republic.

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