Will Facebook's new oversight board be a radical shift or a reputational shield?

Will Facebook's new oversight board be a radical shift or a reputational shield?

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/may/07/will-facebooks-new-oversight-board-be-a-radical-shift-or-a-reputational-shield

The panel has the potential to reshape how Facebook shapes the world and possibly introduce a new era of social media governance

A new era of social media governance began Wednesday, when the first 20 members of Facebook’s long-awaited oversight board were announced. The international panel of free expression advocates, journalists, a former prime minister, a Nobel laureate, and law professors will have final say over certain content moderation decisions for the world’s largest social media platform, independent of Facebook’s executives and staff.