Discussion

• @persily Nate Persily on x

  4The considerable reliance on international human rights standards gives us a sense of the body of law that will govern. Not a foregone conclusion & is bound to trigger some conservative reaction in the US as int'l standards are not as speech protective as the 1st Amendment.

• @benioff Marc Benioff on x

  “Online violence leads to real world violence.” @mariaressa @Moonalice @time https://time.com/...

• @oversightboard Oversight Board on x

  The Oversight Board has announced its first five decisions, overturning Facebook's judgment in four cases. These decisions demonstrate our commitment to holding Facebook to account. Decisions are binding on Facebook. https://oversightboard.com/...

• @foxcahn @foxcahn on x

  Facebook's oversight board is chillingly opaque. If this were a real court, we could see the briefs and judges would sign their names. But here, we just get an anonymous ruling from 5 unspecified board members, and we don't even know if there are dissents. https://oversightboard.…

• @jeffjarvis Jeff Jarvis on x

  I'm glad to see Facebook say that in spite of the Board's hydroxychloroquine decision, the company will continue to make science its standard in judging misinformation. How can it be anything else? /12 https://about.fb.com/...

• @ericgeller Eric Geller on x

  sorry I know I'm late to this but what the everloving Christ https://www.nbcnews.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @persily Nate Persily on x

  5.However, the fact that the Oversight Board overturned four of the five takedowns gives us a sense that it is likely to take more libertarian and speech-protective positions than Facebook.

• @randileeharper Randi Lee Harper on x

  so facebook created an oversight board for policy that was composed of politicians, judges, and journalists. you're a private company, dipshits. if you let *government officials* make policy decisions, you're just encouraging their bullshit. https://www.nbcnews.com/...

• @time @time on x

  Roger McNamee and @mariaressa: Facebook's “Oversight Board” is a sham. The answer to the Capitol riot is regulating social media https://time.com/...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  Lot of questions for Facebook's Oversight Board and it's hard to see how decisions, like the five from today, are scalable. This decision, on nipples, is interesting tho and criticizes FB's AI for not being able to recognize the words “Breast Cancer.” https://oversightboard.com/.…

• @carolecadwalla Carole Cadwalladr on x

  “Facebook's ‘Oversight Board’ is a sham' - @FBoversight's @moonalice & @mariaressa on 'Facebook's latest PR offensive' https://time.com/...

• @mattnavarra Matt Navarra on x

  “Facebook's “Oversight Board” Is a Sham. We Need Regulation” says @Moonalice https://time.com/...

• @kurtwagner8 Kurt Wagner on x

  Facebook's Oversight Board just weighed in on its first 5 cases. In 4 of them, it found FB removed posts that should have been left up. Bad news for people who think social networks don't remove enough content...in theory, these decisions set precedent https://oversightboard.com/…

• @jeffjarvis Jeff Jarvis on x

  Here's an unintended consequence from Facebook's independent Oversight Board: Does it make Facebook's judgment look good by comparison? 1/ https://www.oversightboard.com/ ...

• @emilybell Emily Bell on x

  Crucial point on today's FBOB findings https://oversightboard.com/... - (whole thread is useful too) https://twitter.com/...

• @hnsgr Hannes Grassegger on x

  ...Oversight board is a spectacle, and an illusion of governance. This is so basic. 1. Governance not based on democracy. 2. Process not based on rule of law. Which law does it follow? 3. ...don't need further reasons. https://twitter.com/...

• @marietjeschaake Marietje Schaake on x

  No Board can replace truly independent oversight and accountability, anchored in the rule of law. Let's not get distracted by narrow scope, hand picked, small number of cases, ruled by Facebook's Oversight Board ↘️ https://twitter.com/...

• @evan_rosenfeld Evan Rosenfeld on x

  In four out of the five cases reviewed, the board voted to overturn Facebook's original decisions. The board also called on Facebook to give users greater clarity over its policies and how it intends to enforce them. https://www.nbcnews.com/... via @DylanByers

• @carolecadwalla Carole Cadwalladr on x

  Once again, the most fascinating thing about Facebook's Oversight Board is how it manages the press. *Exactly like Facebook* ..same favoured journalists who get release early (NBC's reporter here). And same journalists not allowed to ask qs at the presser https://www.nbcnews.com/…