Facebook has published the names of the first 20 members of its new independent oversight board.
On Wednesday, the company published the names of the first 20 members of its independent oversight board, which is tasked with ruling on what controversial content should and shouldn't be allowed on Facebook and Instagram. It will be able to overturn decisions by Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg about policing the social networks, and is a high-profile response to criticism of how the social media company handles problematic content.
Among the initial cohort are: former European Court of Human Rights judge András Sajó, Internet Sans Frontières Executive Director Julie Owono, Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman, Australian internet governance researcher Nicolas Suzor and Pakistani digital rights advocate Nighat Dad. The oversight board will start work immediately, and Clegg said it would begin hearing cases this summer.
"We are not the internet police, don't think of us as sort of a fast-action group that's going to swoop in and deal with rapidly moving problems," co-chair McConnell told reporters on a conference call, saying the board would instead deliver "an after-the-fact, deliberative, second look." Some free expression and internet governance experts told Reuters they thought the board's first members were a diverse, impressive group, though some were concerned there were not more content moderation experts or that it was too heavy on US members. Facebook said one reason for having a strong set of US members was that some of its hardest decisions or appeals in recent years had begun in America.
Havn’t used FBapp for months and months Nothing changed in my life because the messenger app is all I use. Twitter is the oldschool “wall” from FB. Messenger is just “ICQ” IG is a living “family photo album” Facebook the App is just sort of bland. I call it the “angry teenager”
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Yeah a private company that will decide who deserves to speak...
How profitable is truth Facebook ?