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    Ban Him Forever

    To send the right message, Donald Trump’s removal from Facebook must be permanent.
    by Paul Rosenzweig May 05, 2021 3 minutes
    Source: jamie squire / drew angerer / getty / the atlantic

    This morning an oversight board created by Facebook approved the company’s January decision to indefinitely suspend Donald Trump from its platform, and gave the company six months to clarify the duration of the suspension. The result is a bit of a procedural dodge. There is only one reasonable path available for the company to take: Ban the former president permanently.

    The reasons for this are straightforward. In many ways, the question of sanctions for Trump is no different from the theory of how a society sanctions any sort of misbehavior. Understanding how a punishment is

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