They were assured that indeed they would be. The prospective board members had one big question: Would they be independent?
They were looking for accomplished experts who could work collegially and represent the breadth of the company’s multibillion global users. Working from a list of hundreds of names suggested by insiders, the public, or self-nominated, the co-chairs and Facebook vetted résumés and conducted interviews. (Take note, Nancy Pelosi.) It will also limit itself to Facebook’s main, blue app and Instagram at first. The last step before the so-called Supreme Court of Facebook convenes was picking the members.įor now, the board will only consider appeals in cases where Facebook took down user content later it will tackle cases where arguably objectionable content was allowed to stand. Late last year, the company set up an independent trust, funded by a $130 million grant, to manage the board, hire the staff, and pay members.
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Over time, the company assigned more than 100 people to help set up the board’s structure and create a set of software tools that would help it make its judgments. Thomas Hughes, director of administration for the Facebook Oversight Board But they expect their participation to make a difference in the world. They won’t be quitting their day jobs-Facebook sees this as a part-time job. It’s an impressive bunch who won’t necessarily feel beholden to the company whose processes they will be second-guessing. Wednesday, we learned the names of the board members. When the board rules whether to reverse Facebook’s takedown of user content-sometime this fall at the earliest-it will be the first time that anyone will have made decisions about Facebook that even Mark Zuckerberg can’t change.
These are a few of the newly announced members of the Facebook Oversight Board, the independent body that the social networking behemoth has launched to reconsider some of its most important content decisions. No, it’s not the casting call for a wonky sequel to Knives Out. The former prime minister of Denmark, who once jumped out of a limo to take a selfie with Sarah Jessica Parker. A witness before the House Judiciary Committee arguing for the impeachment of President Trump. A former federal judge who has argued 15 cases before the Supreme Court. A Pulitzer Prize–winning newspaper editor who published the documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
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