Facebook was justified in its decision to suspend former President
Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the
company's oversight board said on Wednesday.

That means the company does not have to reinstate Trump's access to
Facebook and Instagram immediately. But the panel said the company was
wrong to impose an indefinite ban and said Facebook has six months to
either restore Trump's account, make his suspension permanent, or
suspend him for a specific period of time.

Facebook indefinitely suspended Trump's accounts in January after a mob
of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, saying he used his account
to "incite violent insurrection." Other social networks also kicked off
the then-president, with Twitter going as far as banning Trump for good.

At Twitter, a spokesperson said that Trump is permanently suspended from
tweeting.


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* Lock up Trump and his family of grifters. *