Facebook’s Oversight Board, the independent body empowered to review the social network’s most complex platform moderation decisions, is now accepting public comments on the company’s decision to “indefinitely” ban former President Donald ***** in the aftermath of the US Capitol attack on January 6th.
The two posts in question include the one-minute video ***** posted to his account on January 6th repeating false claims that the US election was stolen from him and offering words of sympathy to the Capitol rioters, some of whom were, at that moment, continuing to endanger the lives of Congress members and Capitol police.
The second is a written post in which ***** wrote, “These are the things and events that happen when a sacred…