Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Facebook’s Oversight Board upholds temporary ban of Trump. The ex-president may be able to skirt it
The divide over Trumpism is growing, even as the ex-president’s removal from mainstream social media looks increasingly permanent.
By Madeleine Brand • • 8m ListenThe divide over Trumpism is growing, even as the ex-president’s removal from mainstream social media looks increasingly permanent. Today Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld the company’s decision to ban Trump a day after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January. But the Oversight Board also said banning Trump indefinitely was not appropriate, and it gave Facebook six months to make a final decision.
