Trump Guilty Of 'Egging On' Capitol Riot, Says Facebook Oversight Panel Co-Chair

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Trump Guilty Of 'Egging On' Capitol Riot, Says Facebook Oversight Panel Co-Chair

Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump encouraged the Capitol rioters and so earned his Facebook ban, but the social media giant's rules are in "shambles" and need fixing, the co-chair of the network's oversight panel said Sunday. The panel agreed just days ago that Facebook was right to oust the ex-president for his comments regarding the deadly January 6 rampage, though it sidestepped an overall decision on whether he will ever be allowed back. "He issued these statements which were just egging on -- with perfunctory asking for peace -- but mostly he was just egging them on to continue," oversight ...

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