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https://oversightboard.com/decision/FB-691QAMHJ/

May 5, 2021 Facebook Account suspension Uphold United States Dangerous individuals and organizations Donald J. Trump

Case summary

The Board has upheld Facebook’s decision on January 7, 2021, to restrict then-President Donald Trump’s access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account.

However, it was not appropriate for Facebook to impose the indeterminate and standardless penalty of indefinite suspension. Facebook’s normal penalties include removing the violating content, imposing a time-bound period of suspension, or permanently disabling the page and account.

The Board insists that Facebook 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. Facebook must complete its review of this matter within six months of the date of this decision. The Board also made policy recommendations for Facebook to implement in developing clear, necessary, and proportionate policies that promote public safety and respect freedom of expression.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oversight_Board_(Facebook)

Ban of Donald Trump

Facebook's deplatforming of U.S. President Donald Trump was not among the initial decisions as it was collecting comments from the public.[30][31]

On January 6, 2021, amid a riot at the Capitol while Congress was counting the electoral votes, Trump posted a short video to social media in which he praised the rioters, despite urging them to end the violence, and reiterated his baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent.[32] Several platforms, including Facebook, removed it, with Facebook's vice president of integrity, Guy Rosen, explaining that the video "contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence".[33] That day, Facebook also blocked Trump's ability to post new content; the next day, Facebook said the block would remain at least until the end of Trump's term on January 20.[34]

On April 16, 2021, the board announced that it was delaying the decision on whether to overturn Trump's suspensions on Facebook and Instagram to sometime "in the coming weeks" in order to review the more than 9,000 public comments it had received.[35] Notably, on January 27, 2021, incoming board member Suzanne Nossel had published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times titled "Banning Trump from Facebook may feel good. Here's why it might be wrong",[36] but a spokesperson announced that she would not participate in the deliberations over the Trump's case and would be spending the upcoming weeks in training.[37] On the same day Nossel's appointment was announced, the board also announced a new case.

On May 5, 2021, the board announced its decision to uphold Trump's account suspension, but instructed Facebook to reassess their decision to indefinitely ban Trump within six months.[38] The board specified that Facebook's standard procedures involve either a timed ban or a complete removal of the offending account, stating that Facebook must follow a "clear, published procedure" in the matter.[39]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Nossel

Suzanne F. Nossel is a human rights advocate, former government official, author, and Chief Executive Officer of PEN America.[1] She has served in a variety of leadership roles in the corporate, non-profit, and government sectors and has led PEN America since 2013.[2] She is the author of Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All.[3]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEN_America

PEN America (formerly PEN American Center), founded in 1922 and headquartered in New York City, is a nonprofit organization that works to defend and celebrate free expression in the United States and worldwide through the advancement of literature and human rights. With more than 7,200 members—including novelists, journalists, nonfiction writers, editors, poets, essayists, playwrights, publishers, translators, agents, and other writing professionals—PEN America is the largest of the more than 100 PEN centers worldwide that together compose PEN International.[3] PEN America has offices in New York City, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.

PEN America's advocacy includes work on press freedom and the safety of journalists, campus free speech, online harassment, artistic freedom, and support to regions of the world with acute free expression challenges, including Eurasia, Myanmar, and China.[4] PEN America also campaigns for individual writers and journalists who have been imprisoned or come under threat for their work, and annually presents the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award.[5]

PEN America hosts public programming and events on literature and human rights, including the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature and the annual PEN America Literary Awards.[6] PEN America also works to amplify underrepresented voices, including emerging authors and writers who are undocumented, incarcerated, or face obstacles in reaching audiences.[7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEN_International

PEN International (known as International PEN until 2010)[1] is a worldwide association of writers, founded in London in 1921[2] to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere. The association has autonomous International PEN centers in over 100 countries.

Other goals included: to emphasise the role of literature in the development of mutual understanding and world culture; to fight for freedom of expression; and to act as a powerful voice on behalf of writers harassed, imprisoned and sometimes killed for their views.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_PEN

Founded in 1921, English PEN is one of the world's first non-governmental organisations and amongst the first international bodies advocating for human rights.[1] English PEN was the founding centre of PEN International, a worldwide writers' association with 145 centres in more than 100 countries.[2] The current President of English PEN is Philippe Sands.[3] The Director is Daniel Gorman.[4]

English PEN celebrates the diversity of literature and envisions a world with free expression and equity of opportunity for all by supporting writers at risk and campaigning for freedom of expression nationally and internationally.[5] English PEN also hosts events and prizes to champion international literature, showcase the diversity of writing, and celebrate literary courage.[6] By supporting literature in translation into English and developing opportunities for publishers, translators and translated voices, English PEN aims to encourage diversity in the literary landscape.[7]