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• @fboversight @fboversight on x

  Welcome to the real world, @OversightBoard. It took you a while. https://twitter.com/...

• @markscott82 Mark Scott on x

  Stat of the Day: @OversightBoard oveturned @Meta's content decisions in 70% of its rulings btwn Oct '20 & Dec '21 https://oversightboard.com/... MAJOR CAVEAT: The group only looked at 20 cases over that time period. Not exactly scalable, imo.

• @etbrooking Emerson T. Brooking on x

  The Oversight Board remains the boldest (and most actionable/*real*) experiment in content moderation transparency. One other interesting stat: the Board overturned Meta's decision in 14 out of 20 decisions in the 2021 term. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @rachelwolbers Rachel Wolbers on x

  Please do check out the @OversightBoard's annual report! Tons of detail on the work of the Board and the impact we are having on @Meta! https://twitter.com/...

• @oversightboard @oversightboard on x

  In 2021, we issued decisions on 20 significant cases covering issues ranging from #HateSpeech to #COVID19 misinformation. We took a human rights-based approach to analyzing content moderation decisions and received nearly 10,000 public comments. https://twitter.com/...

• @nalakag Nalaka Gunawardene on x

  More than 1 million appeals received by @Meta's independent @OversightBoard from Oct 2020 to Dec 2021 — showing pent-up demand among @facebook and @instagram users for some way to appeal company's #ContentModeration decisions. It issued decisions on 20 significant cases in 2021 h…

• @datajacob Jacob Silver on x

  This is the most comprehensive account of the Oversight Board's work to date. I encourage anyone curious to start with this thread. Accountability is a marathon, and there is so much work left to be done. But I'm proud of the progress thus far and excited for what's to come. http…

• @oversightboard @oversightboard on x

  Although Meta has committed to implement most of the recommendations we made in 2021, our next task is to ensure the company turns its promises into actions. To help ensure this, we have developed a new, data-driven approach to track how Meta is implementing our recommendations. …

• @oversightboard @oversightboard on x

  We made 86 recommendations to Meta that pushed the company to be more transparent about its policies. Since then, Meta's responses to our policy recommendations have improved how it treats users. https://twitter.com/...

• @oversightboard @oversightboard on x

  More than a million appeals were sent to the Board through December 2021, showing the pent-up demand among Facebook and Instagram users for some way to appeal Meta's content moderation decisions to an organization independent from the company. https://twitter.com/...

• @oversightboard @oversightboard on x

  Today we are excited to announce the publication of our first annual report, covering the period from October 2020 through December 2021. The report shows how far we've come in improving how Meta treats its users, and where we still have work to do. Below some key highlights 🧵