SAN FRANCISCO – Former President Donald Trump won’t return to Facebook -- for now. The social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board voted to uphold his ban from the platform after his account was suspended four months ago for inciting violence that led to the deadly Jan.
6 Capitol riot. While uploading the suspension, the board faulted Facebook for the way it made the decision. “It was not appropriate for Facebook to impose the indeterminate and standardless penalty of indefinite suspension,” it said.
The board says Facebook has six months to reexamine the “arbitrary penalty” it imposed on Jan. 7 and decide on another penalty that reflects the “gravity of the violation and the prospect of future harm.” The board says the new penalty