Facebook’s long-talked about oversight board is starting to become a reality.
On Tuesday, Facebook announced that its oversight board will be ready to start hearing cases this summer. The social media company also shared a set of recommended bylaws for the board and said in its statement that it would announce board members and trustees “in the coming months.”
According to Facebook, cases brought to the board “will initially only involve individual pieces of content that we have taken down.” Once the company removes content from Facebook or Instagram and runs through all appeals with the company, a user will have 15 days to appeal to the board. The company can refer “urgent cases” directly to the board itself as well. Read more…
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