Reversed for Donald Trump The Facebook Oversight Board the suspension

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Donald Trump will remain blocked from Facebook after a ruling from the company’s independent oversight board that has sparked a fierce backlash from Republicans.

The decision will continue to deprive the former president of a vital mouthpiece. The panel decided Facebook should review within six months whether the freeze should stay in place permanently and criticised the company for an ad hoc and opaque decision-making process.

Trump responded by lashing out at big tech. “Free Speech has been taken away from the President of the United States because the Radical Left Lunatics are afraid of the truth,” he said, adding: “These corrupt social media companies must pay a political price, and must never again be allowed to destroy and decimate our Electoral Process.”