Republicans put Facebook on notice for Trump ban

By Nihal Krishan

Published February 12, 2021 9:36pm ET

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Republicans put Facebook on notice for Trump ban — A list of settlements, violations and breaches scrolls over Facebook's logo on a screen as David Marcus, CEO of Facebook's Calibra digital wallet service, foreground, appears before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. | (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Senior House Republicans criticized Facebook’s deplatforming of former President Donald Trump on Friday and said the social media giant had unfair content moderation standards.

Facebook’s Oversight Board, which has 20 members from across the world and was established last May, has been asked to rule on the recent suspension of Trump, who was removed from the platform following the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

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