Oversight Board co-chair says Facebook can't "invent sanctions for their users" after body orders review of Trump ban
"What we have said is basically less about Mr. Trump, and more about Facebook and the rights of users," co-chair Helle Thorning-Schmidt told "CBS This Morning" co-host Tony Dokoupil.
cbsnews.comFacebook has 6 months to decide if Trump will be permanently banned
“Indefinite penalties of this sort do not pass the international smell test,” oversight board co-chairman Michael McConnell said in a conference call with reporters. Today, the company’s quasi-independent, international oversight board upheld the ban - for now, Matt O’Brien and Barbara Ortutay report for AP. The board’s ruling gives Facebook six months to specify how long the ban on Trump will continue, the report said. If the company does reinstate Trump, the board said it must have means to quickly address any future violations of community rules. On Tuesday, Trump unveiled a new blog, “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump,” on his personal website.
mlive.comThese are the people Facebook put in charge of deciding whether to delete controversial posts
Facebook on Wednesday announced the first 20 members of its Oversight Board, an independent body that can overturn the company's own content moderation decisions. The members are a globally diverse group with lawyers, journalists, human rights advocates and other academics. Between them, they are said to have expertise in areas such as digital rights, religious freedom, conflicts between rights, content moderation, internet censorship and civil rights. "These problems of content moderation really have been with us since the dawn of social media, and this really is a novel approach." Brent Harris, Facebook's director of global affairs, said Facebook will implement the board's decisions "unless they violate the law."
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