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当地时间5月5日，美国社交媒体平台脸书（Facebook）的独立监督委员会投票决定，美国前总统特朗普的相关账号将继续维持被封禁状态，并要求脸书在六个月内重新发布审查结果以及决定惩罚措施。对此，特朗普在官方网站的声明中猛烈抨击。他说，“脸书、推特和谷歌的所作所为完全是可耻的，是对我们国家的侮辱。”
Facebook's Oversight Board on Wednesday upheld the social media's website suspension of former US president Donald Trump's account four months ago following the deadly Jan 6 Capitol riot but said the company must review its "arbitrary'' decision in ousting him indefinitely and decide whether the freeze should be permanent.
Facebook must complete its review within six months of the board's decision, possibly opening the door to Trump's return.
Shortly after the board announced its decision, Trump issued a statement calling it a "total disgrace''. He called Facebook, Google and Twitter corrupt and reiterated his complaint that the tech companies' moves against him are an assault on free speech."These corrupt social media companies must pay a political price and must never again be allowed to destroy and decimate our electoral process," he said.New Jersey Democratic Representative Frank Pallone, chairman of the House energy and commerce committee, tweeted: "Donald Trump has played a big role in helping Facebook spread disinformation, but whether he's on the platform or not, Facebook and other social media platforms with the same business model will find ways to highlight divisive content to drive advertising revenues."
The Oversight Board said that CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to ban Trump "indefinitely" was an "indeterminate and standardless penalty". "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," it said.The Facebook decision was made by five members of the current 20-person Oversight Board, then ratified by a majority of the full board. The identities of the five individuals involved in the decision won't be revealed. Facebook funds the London-based Oversight Board and has said it is independent of the company.▲ The Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken on Dec 2, 2019. Photo/Agencies
The board found that two of Trump's posts on Jan 6 "violated Facebook's rules prohibiting praise or support of people engaged in violence." The violating posts, the board said, included referring to "great patriots" and calls to "remember this day forever".
In January, Facebook asked the Oversight Board — a panel of lawyers, human rights advocates, academicians and former politicians from around the world and independent from the company — to review the ban, as well as provide more general recommendations about how the platform should treat rule-breaking content from world leaders.In a blog post, Nick Clegg, Facebook's vice-president of global affairs and communications, reiterated that the company believed its decision to suspend Trump was "necessary and right", saying: "We're pleased the board has recognized that the unprecedented circumstances justified the exceptional measure we took.Facebook joined Alphabet Inc's YouTube, Twitter, SnapChat and other social media platforms in removing then-president Trump after accusing him of inciting the riot at the Capitol. YouTube has said it will allow Trump to return to its platform when it is "safe" to do so.On Tuesday, Trump launched a new "communications" website, which says it will publish content "straight from the desk" of the former US president.Click here for audio and translation of the story