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The Oversight Board makes decisions on what content Facebook & Instagram should allow or remove, based on respect for freedom of expression & human rights.
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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://t.co/CYativBmB7
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In the coming months, we will be assessing how Facebook implements these responses, both to ensure the company takes action and to learn lessons for future decisions.
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Facebook’s response to our recommendations is encouraging and shows how the Board’s impact goes beyond individual pieces of content. The work of the Board will reshape Facebook’s wider approach to content moderation over the long-term.
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The Board’s recommendations cover many highly significant issues, from the use of automation to Facebook's rules around dangerous individuals and organizations.
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Today Facebook responded to recommendations made by the Board in its first five case decisions last month. Facebook has accepted most of our recommendations, and agreed to assess how to implement nearly all of the rest. https://t.co/HlYclQLq8J
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To make the Board’s work as inclusive as possible, our website is now available in 10 new languages: Burmese, Danish, Farsi, Hungarian, Norwegian, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong) and Urdu. Visit our website here: https://t.co/qiVJuLynPd
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The Oversight Board has overturned Facebook’s decision to remove a post under its Violence and Incitement Community Standard. Read more here: https://t.co/K7vy9vzhVe
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The Oversight Board has selected a new case for deliberation. You can find more information here https://t.co/PWbWgR36kZ
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Pam Karlan has accepted a role in the US Department of Justice and stepped down from the Oversight Board. Her expertise played a crucial role in shaping the Board. We’re grateful for her contributions and congratulate her on her new role.
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Oversight Board Retweeted
A @CarnegieEndow Conversation with the @OversightBoard
Join @SteveJFeldstein for a conversation with @HelleThorning_S, @DexBarton, and @davidakaye about Facebook's Trump ban and the future of online speech.
📅 February 11
⏰ 11:30 am EST
Details 👇
https://t.co/5bRIOyo5nX
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Given high levels of interest, we are extending the deadline for submitting public comments on our two most recent cases, including one related to former US President Donald Trump, until 15:00 UTC on Friday, February 12. Submit your comment here https://t.co/OGqHt1fgrv
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Oversight Board Retweeted
Join us in TWO HOURS (1:30 PM ET) for a conversation with @OversightBoard member, @JohnSamplesCato, and experts @CaseyMattox_, @rachelwolbers, and @ShaneTews to learn how you can be a part of content moderation decisions on Facebook.
Register here: https://t.co/8nIlwHqKLt
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Oversight Board Retweeted
And that is exactly what these @OversightBoard opinions go for--taking the system seriously, pushing for users to know what the rules are, what they did to break them, when they're made by algorithms, & where the punishment could be more than just t"ake it down or leave it up"
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Oversight Board Retweeted
If you accept that FB's content moderation & speech policy is a governance system over speech, you might want to start forcing that system to adhere to some universal principals of justice and human rights law: notice of rules, explanation, proportionality in punishment etc.
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You can submit public comments on this case to the Board here: https://t.co/520AMKuo2A https://t.co/jBVYde5etp
The independent group that will decide whether Donald Trump can return to Facebook is officially taking public comment on the case
https://t.co/XJWNqQqV97
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We recognise the level of interest in our case regarding former US President Trump. We encourage people and organizations to share their insights through our public comments process at this link: https://t.co/520AMKuo2A
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The Board prioritises cases that can affect lots of users, are crucial to public discourse or raise important questions about Facebook’s policies. Our focus is on providing an independent check on how Facebook moderates content, and reshaping their policies over the long-term.
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Today, the Oversight Board began announcing its next cases and opened public comments, including for the case on former US President Trump's suspension from Facebook & Instagram. https://t.co/Oa6gnHgI3W
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“We want to provide necessary oversight and start reshaping Facebook’s policies in the long-term” @HelleThorning_S tells @lemondefr https://t.co/rnxwWSlApw
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