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The Oversight Board’s ruling leaving Trump off Facebook and Instagram did not end the problem; it confirmed that the platform had no clean answer for the former president’s role in January 6 and no painless way back. The result kept Trump in exile, but it also kept the issue alive as a political and corporate headache that neither side could fully escape.
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The Oversight Board’s ruling leaving Trump off Facebook and Instagram did not end the problem; it confirmed that the platform had no clean answer for the former president’s role in January 6 and no painless way back. The result kept Trump in exile, but it also kept the issue alive as a political and corporate headache that neither side could fully escape.
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The Oversight Board’s ruling leaving Trump off Facebook and Instagram did not end the problem; it confirmed that the platform had no clean answer for the former president’s role in January 6 and no painless way back. The result kept Trump in exile, but it also kept the issue alive as a political and corporate headache that neither side could fully escape.
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