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• @iainlevine Iain Levine on x

  The creation of the @OversightBoard has been transparent. Its members are impressive. It deserves time to succeed. But it does not end the debates over online speech or challenges of online content moderation says @davidakaye https://www.justsecurity.org/ ... https://www.justsecu…

• @wiczipedia Nina Jankowicz on x

  “Over time, an industry-wide process would build trust in content moderation and push [all platforms] toward transparency and respect for the public impact they have.” https://twitter.com/...

• @sofiajaroto Sofa Jaramillo O. on x

  As @chinmayiarun says, if you only read one piece today about the @OversightBoard, read this article by @davidakaye👇👇 It evaluates the larger picture and asks the key questions https://twitter.com/...

• @valeriabet Valeria Betancourt on x

  “And as laudable as Facebook's effort is, it only solves Facebook's problems of legitimacy. That is, it could help legitimize Facebook decisions but cannot legitimize content-moderation choices by all platforms.” https://www.justsecurity.org/ ... @davidakaye

• @ia @ia on x

  “How did we get here, to this place where companies so dominate public speech, causing so much friction with governments and the public, and yet, [...]they must create their own mechanisms of self-regulation?” https://www.justsecurity.org/ ...

• @noraniloideain Dr Nora Ni Loideain on x

  Couldn't agree more with this excellent critique of Facebook's new Oversight Board by former UN Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression David Kaye. Outlines key problem of this self regulation measure - Facebook is under no legal obligation to follow the Board's decisions. https://t…

• @jodieginsberg Jodie Ginsberg on x

  “Difficult content problems often take place at local levels,in languages and code that may be impenetrable to those outside.Will the board ever have the bandwidth to address the...impact FB [has] in communities worldwide?” This point from @davidakaye re FB oversight board is key…

• @netzpolitik @netzpolitik on x

  „And as laudable as Facebook's effort is, it only solves Facebook's problems of legitimacy." https://twitter.com/...

• @jameeljaffer Jameel Jaffer on x

  The Republic of Facebook — smart piece from ⁦@davidakaye⁩ about what we can realistically expect from the Oversight Board. https://www.justsecurity.org/ ...

• @arusbridger Alan Rusbridger on x

  Facebook has just announced the first 20 members of its global Oversight Board designed to rule on a deluge of ethical, editorial, privacy, free speech and moral issues. I've agreed to join it. Here's why: https://onezero.medium.com/...

• @sarahfrier Sarah Frier on x

  one more thing: the Oversight Board will not be disclosing how much members are paid. “We heard from stakeholders during the consultation that if we were to share publicly the compensation figure, we might put board members at risk of undue pressure and influence.”

• @sheeraf Sheera Frenkel on x

  Looking at the first members of Facebook's Oversight Board, and it is clear they've made an effort to put together a diverse, global group of people. BUT... it would have been nice to see people included who've been openly critical/ahead of their time in foreseeing FB's problems

• @nytopinion @nytopinion on x

  A new Op-Ed from the @Facebook independent oversight board We “will make final and binding decisions on whether specific content should be allowed or removed from Facebook and Instagram,” the board's co-chairs write. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @hellethorning_s Helle Thorning S on x

  The @OversightBoard explained in 44 seconds https://twitter.com/...

• @kevinroose Kevin Roose on x

  Sorry to harp but the “people who can overrule Mark Zuckerberg” framing is weird! There is no legal or financial mechanism to prevent him from totally ignoring these people whenever he wants to. It's a private company and he has majority control. https://www.wired.com/...

• @sarahfrier Sarah Frier on x

  Just asked a follow-up on how part-time this oversight board is going to be. Members are committing to an avg of 15 hours a month. 20-40 (smart, qualified) people, putting in 15 hours a month, checking power of a global social media behemoth with 3 billion users. good luck!

• @oversightboard Oversight Board on x

  Today the first Members of the Oversight Board were announced. Learn more on our blog about how our Members will bring independent judgment to the most challenging content issues facing the Facebook and Instagram communities. https://www.oversightboard.com/ ...

• @parkermolloy Parker Molloy on x

  Oh cool, one of the guys on this oversight board is someone who once wrote a NYT op-ed that began with the line, “Antonin Scalia was my hero.” https://twitter.com/...

• @tawakkolkarman Tawakkol Karman on x

  I'm excited to join the new global independent Oversight Board for Facebook and Instagram content as a Board Member. I'm joining to help protect and empower people's voices and to defend expression rights. https://www.oversightboard.com/ ...

• @maina_kiai Maina Kiai on x

  Pleased to announce I'm joining @OversightBoard, a new body to monitor content moderation for @Facebook & @Instagram. To be clear: It's an important step for compliance with business & HR norms, but it doesn't supplant external accountability mechanisms https://www.oversightboard…

• @julieowono @julieowono on x

  I am honored to join the newly created @OversightBoard as a Board Member. I look forward to working with my diverse team of Fellow Board Members, to tackle some of today's most complex debates on content moderation and protection of our rights and freedoms https://www.oversightbo…

• @issielapowsky Issie Lapowsky on x

  I talked to @daphnehk about this very thing for this piece. “If this becomes a mechanism to move more and more of the internet toward one single set of rules, that's a real loss.” https://www.protocol.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @jayrosen_nyu Jay Rosen on x

  I am withholding judgment about the Facebook Oversight Board. Want to see what happens. https://www.oversightboard.com/ I don't think it should dismissed out of hand. I am especially interested in design features meant to create independence from Facebook, and in the board's glob…

• @stevematthewson Steve Matthewson on x

  Formidable lineup (U.S. overweighting aside). It will be fascinating to see how seriously @Facebook takes its advice. Twitter's track record with a similar concept isn't great https://www.wired.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @dickensolewe Dickens Olewe on x

  Three Africans: Afia Asare-Kyei (Senegal), Maina Kiai (Kenya) & Julie Owono ( Cameroon) appointed to Facebook's Oversight Board. The 20 members (20 more to be appointed) will make decisions on what content should be allowed, and removed, on FB's platforms. https://oversightboard.…

• @hernameis_bea Bea on x

  To me these values are not compatible with #Facebook & #Instagram. Both have restricted #Kashmir content for years, meanwhile allowing grave abuse. My 10 yr old account was suspended 1.5 yrs ago, claiming I'm not me (!) Despite research, pics & videos. No reply to 20 letters. htt…

• @ghoshd7 Dipayan Ghosh on x

  Facebook's Oversight Board is a positive step towards improving content moderation. On a call with FB today, I asked how the board will tackle questions requiring expertise in engineering & economics. I'm eager to see how these challenges will be addressed in the coming months. h…

• @jonst0kes Jon Stokes on x

  On the one hand, of course this is nuts. On the other, as bad as it is it's still an upgrade from their current practice of “a bunch of engineers that nobody outside FB knows the identity of in a room arguing over who gets to say what on the world's biggest social platform.” http…

• @draglikepull @draglikepull on x

  People keep saying Facebook is getting “worked” by the right, but what if Facebook's executives just agree with conservatives? Why is it so implausible that the reason they keep doing these things is because it matches their philosophy? https://twitter.com/...

• @rossdawson Ross Dawson on x

  Facebook's independent oversight board is an audacious experiment that could expand to provide oversight to other major tech companies. “We are basically building a new model for platform governance.” https://www.protocol.com/...

• @anthropaulicy Katie A. Paul on x

  So what's the plan when that content is “removed” and pops up again hours later? https://twitter.com/...

• @brendancarrfcc Brendan Carr on x

  Meet your new speech police! Facebook now has an Oversight Board empowered to take down posts. Gotta be non-partisan people, right? Nope! 1 is Pam Karlan: testified to impeach @POTUS, “baron” Trump line, Obama DOJ, & NYT calls “full-throated, unapologetic liberal torchbearer.” ht…

• @sivavaid @sivavaid on x

  @jayrosen_nyu Ugh. It's so shallow it's not even cosmetic. It has so little authority over what matters it's not even worth this many bits. It so totally misses the point of FB's problems I wonder if it was designed to fool us.

• @jodieginsberg Jodie Ginsberg on x

  Glad to see people I respect and admire-like @arusbridger and @nighatdad-join Facebook's Oversight Board but I remained to be convinced that a 20-40 person board of great and good is the solution to FB's content problem, which is how to moderate for local context at global scale …

• @mylesudland Myles Udland on x

  When Facebook changed its share structure I wrote a story that was like, “Zuck can do literally whatever he wants with Facebook now forever” and the company wouldn't stop arguing that this wasn't true. https://twitter.com/...

• @brooklynmarie Brooke Binkowski on x

  “Absent, however, was any prominent expert in studying disinformation. Facebook has struggled to contain state-based manipulation efforts as well as hoaxes on subjects like false cures and gun violence.” https://www.nbcnews.com/... via @nbcnews

• @medium @medium on x

  “Facebook is an entity that defies description. It is a friend of the otherwise voiceless — but also an enabler of darkness. It brings harmony to some, discord to many...[I]t needs independent, external oversight.” —@arusbridger http://read.medium.com/BdgP4hU

• @parkermolloy Parker Molloy on x

  Facebook has, once again, proven that it will cave to every single bad faith criticism from the right. Facebook is a right-wing company. https://twitter.com/...

• @issielapowsky Issie Lapowsky on x

  NEW: One of the most overlooked aspects of Facebook's ambitious oversight board, which announced its first 20 members today, is that it's not *just* for Facebook. It was deliberately structured to allow other companies to launch their own boards too. https://www.protocol.com/...

• @drroselynakombe Dr. Roselyn Akombe on x

  Congratulations! Pleased that @Facebook @instagram picked the best in the global human rights community! We obviously will keep a close eye to ensure that this doesn't give the tech companies too much power to regulate content and free speech or a pass on their accountability. ht…

• @herahussain @herahussain on x

  How lucky that Facebook gets to work with my friend @nighatdad who is a fearless campaigner and expert on ethics and technology. I would trust her with my life and I know her decade of experience will be a voice for us all. https://twitter.com/...

• @dylanbyers Dylan Byers on x

  Appreciate @kevinroose's skepticism here but it's sort of beside the point... Oversight body will have oversight/can overrule Facebook. Of course Zuckerberg could disregard/disband the board whenever, at which point media will have a field day, but that's the arrangement (1/2) ..…

• @ianclucas Ian Lucas on x

  Facebook has shown bad faith in dealings with elected legislatures everywhere. How can we rely on a body it chooses? https://twitter.com/...

• @matthewstoller Matt Stoller on x

  Authoritarians are excited to bring you this irrelevant announcement designed to avoid talking about Facebook's advertising monopoly. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @catoinstitute @catoinstitute on x

  We are proud to announce that @CatoInstitute vice president John Samples, who has worked on First Amendment, public opinion, & representative government policies for 20 years at Cato, in on this independent oversight board. https://www.cato.org/... #CatoTechnology #Cato1A https:/…

• @ealshafei @ealshafei on x

  Nighat's high ethical standards and unparalleled integrity gives me some faith about the potential of the Oversight Board. Her input is needed there and I am sure she will commit to make a positive difference. Thank you for your hard work, Nighat! https://twitter.com/...

• @anujsrivas Anuj Srivas on x

  Sudhir Krishnaswamy of National Law School-Bangalore is the only Indian appointed as part of the first 20 members to Facebook's new oversight board, which will take the final call on free speech issues. https://www.oversightboard.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @pressgazette @pressgazette on x

  Rusbridger writes that he joined Facebook's oversight board because the site needs “independent external oversight” & “the balancing of free expression with the need for a better-organised public square is one of the most urgent causes I can imagine” https://onezero.medium.com/..…

• @oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x

  Facebook's oversight board: zero disinformation researchers I've ever heard of, but there is one guy who wrote a book called “The Struggle to Limit Government” named John Samples. https://www.nbcnews.com/...

• @connellyal Aaron Connelly on x

  Looks like the Jakarta Post's Endy Bayuni is the only Southeast Asian on Facebook's new, semi-independent Oversight Board. The other members are here: https://oversightboard.com/....

• @arusbridger Alan Rusbridger on x

  “This is a historic moment...the first time a private transnational company had voluntarily assigned a part of its policies to an external body like this.” Good piece on the background to the @OversightBoard https://www.wired.com/...

• @nikkiusher Nikki Usher, Ph.D. on x

  A technocracy ruled by experts was exactly the recommendation of the Hutchins Commission in 1947 to reign in misinformation and propaganda https://onezero.medium.com/...

• @slpng_giants @slpng_giants on x

  This is a good idea, but already poor in execution. It is @Facebook that decided who was going to be on this board. Therefore, this is not purely independent oversight. This is how Facebook controls everything. https://twitter.com/...

• @nighatdad Nighat Dad on x

  As a longtime advocate of free expression, privacy and digital rights, I'm pleased to announce that I have joined the new global independent Oversight Board for Facebook and Instagram content. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @nick_clegg Nick Clegg on x

  Facebook's independent Oversight Board has announced its first members, marking a fundamental change in the way some of the most difficult and significant decisions around content on our platforms will be made. https://twitter.com/...

• @nighatdad Nighat Dad on x

  I am looking forward to working with my fellow Board Members, who come from all over the world, and to start hearing cases later this year. You can read more about the Oversight Board's mission and current Board Members here: https://www.oversightboard.com/ ...

• @mattzeitlin Matthew Zeitlin on x

  facebook now employs the former deputy prime minister of the united kingdom and the former prime minister of denmark https://twitter.com/...

• @sarahfrier Sarah Frier on x

  Their impact won't be immediate. In fact, they won't be up and running for months. But their decisions will be binding, unable to be overturned by Facebook, and will be made public. This is Facebook's attempt at self-regulation, how Zuckerberg wants his vast power to be checked.

• @sarafischer Sara Fischer on x

  ⚖️Facebook unveils independent appeals board *20 current members *5 members based in US *70% experience living more than 1 country *90% speak more than one language *29 languages spoken amongst members combined More on @axios: https://www.axios.com/...

• @matthewstoller Matt Stoller on x

  Cool a global unaccountable Facebook super-court to regulate speech. Cool cool. https://twitter.com/...

• @jbenton Joshua Benton on x

  I'm going to assume that John Samples' monograph “Why Government Should Not Regulate Content Moderation of Social Media” was in his cover letter for the Facebook Oversight Board https://www.oversightboard.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @sarahfrier Sarah Frier on x

  This board will create panels of judges for re-evaluating cases after Facebook's decisions. There are 20 members so far, and millions of potential cases. “We're going to be selecting a few flowers — or maybe they're weeds — from a field of possibilities.”