Darrell West Mon, May 17, 2021, 3:29 PM
Should a powerful technology company such as Facebook have the power to ban public officials from its platform?
On Jan. 7, the day after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol building, Facebook temporarily banned then-President Donald Trump on the grounds that he had used a video and online statement to incite violence. Since then, the company referred the Trump case to an oversight board composed of 20 independent experts to determine whether to make the ban permanent and to provide guidance for other world leaders.