Courtney Radsch: Facebook should ban more world leaders

Governments and public officials must face swift and severe consequences if they violate a platform’s terms of service and use it to violate people’s rights, writes Courtney C Radsch

Facebook’s Oversight Board must do more to rid its platform of genocidal militaries, government propaganda that targets and manipulates populations, and leaders who block users. Picture: PA

I’ve been a professional free-expression advocate for more than a decade. 

That is why I support the Facebook Oversight Board’s recent decision to uphold former President Donald Trump’s suspension from the platform and Facebook’s new protocol whereby public figures may be banned for up to two years during times of civil unrest.