Facebook Oversight Board To Judge Donald Trump Suspension

Facebook on Thursday said it is asking its independent experts to rule on whether former president Donald Trump's suspension for "fomenting insurrection" should stand.

Facebook and Instagram suspended Trump after his supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, an attack on the seat of democracy that led to Trump's second impeachment.

The leading social network is referring the decision to its independent oversight board -- known informally as the Facebook "supreme court" -- with the authority to make binding rulings even chief executive Mark Zuckerberg must abide by.