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Trump question comes back to Facebook

Tech Life

BBC

Tech News, Technology, News

4.3227 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The platform’s external Oversight Board says Facebook was right to suspend Donald Trump’s account after the January riot in Washington DC, but wrong to do it indefinitely and without enough explanation. It says Facebook itself must now rule on whether to reinstate or ban permanently Mr Trump. Plus, how personalised music playlists might help reduce anxiety and pain in medical patients. And the robots are coming … to solve your crossword puzzles. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with senior BBC tech reporter Jane Wakefield. Produced by Jat Gill.

(Image: President Donald Trump next to a Facebook logo, Credit: Getty Images).

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Hello and welcome to TechTent, your weekly essential guide to all the hottest news and trends from the technology world.

0:56.6

I'm Rory Kethlyn Jones, and this week Facebook's own Supreme Court says it was right to suspend Donald Trump, wrong to be less than clear about the length of the ban.

1:07.1

We ask a member of the social media platform's oversight board why they've thrown this hot potato right back at Facebook.

1:14.9

Many of us turn to music to relax, but could an AI designed playlist reduce the need for pain relief for patients suffering from various conditions?

1:24.4

We hear about a trial in a hospital. And another role for AI, can it solve

1:29.4

crosswords? We talk to the man who thinks his system has cracked that puzzle. Joining me this

1:35.2

week is BBC Senior Technology Reporter Jane Wakefield. Hi, Jane. How should week be? It's been

1:40.8

extremely busy with lots of tech stories and I've been trying to get my head around,

1:45.2

the first item that we're going to talk about.

1:47.1

So that's been quite a brain twister, I have to say.

1:50.9

Well, yeah, I hope your brain is properly twisted, as it were.

1:55.2

Untwisted.

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