Mark Zuckerberg defended the decision to uphold the Facebook ban on Donald Trump which was handled by the oversight board set up by Nick CleggMark Zuckerberg told Facebook executives that he would defer to Nick Clegg on how to handle Donald Trump’s ban. The Facebook chief executive is understood to have let the former deputy prime minister take the lead on whether an independent panel should decide if and when the former US president should be allowed back on its platform. The company barred Trump from Facebook in January after inflammatory postings by the president as his supporters rioted on Capitol Hill. SponsoredZuckerberg, 36, defended the decision in a post on Facebook the next day, which had been drafted by Clegg, 54, the night before. An independent oversight board was then tasked with deciding whether to uphold the site’s ban, in a move that was pushed by Clegg

Source: The Times May 06, 2021 11:05 UTC