The Supreme Court of Facebook

Published: March 4, 2021, 9:05 a.m.

Should former President Donald Trump be banned indefinitely from Facebook? That question is before Facebook's Oversight Board which will now be the ultimate arbiter of what can, and can’t be posted on its platform. It will act as a kind of Supreme Court and its decisions are meant to be binding on the company. So is this the antidote to fake news, conspiracy theories and online abuse?