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    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.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 5, 2021 • 8m Listen

    The 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.

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Vaccine misinformation sweeps through Latinx community
    1. 0:00Facebook’s Oversight Board upholds temporary ban of Trump. The ex-president may be able to skirt itYou’re reading this
    2. 8:19Amid Liz Cheney v. Donald Trump feud, GOP is still figuring out its future
    3. 16:52Vaccine misinformation targets Latinos. One woman struggles to convince her dad to get the shot
    4. 27:26LAUSD isn’t extending the school year but is looking for a new superintendent
    5. 35:55‘A plague that nobody wanted to talk about’: Billy Porter on AIDS crisis and art creating political change
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