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May 11, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – The so-called Facebook Oversight Board’s decision to uphold the permanent ban of former President Donald Trump from the platform only underscores the subjective nature of the entire enterprise, argues George Washington University constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley.
Social media giants’ self-appointed role as arbiters of “misinformation” and “dangerous speech” relating to topics ranging from COVID-19 to election fraud has been a growing issue of concern among conservatives, given tech companies’ infamous left-wing bias. Since the 2020 presidential election, and particularly the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building, those efforts have accelerated further still.
The riot was used as a pretext to ban Trump from Twitter and Facebook. The latter company’s “oversight board” announced last week it was upholding Facebook’s decision, while at the same time calling its indefinite nature “standardless” and calling on the company to “review this matter to determine and justify a proportionate response that is consistent with the rules that are applied to other users of its platform” within six months.
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