Barrack

Thanks for sharing. This is a step in the right direction. We’ll have to wait and how this will affect content on Facebook going forward. The Board will have to navigate a very slippery slop of countering hate speech while respecting the right to expression. 

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On 16 Dec 2019, at 1:07 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Lister's,

Might be of interest.

Regards

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ayden Férdeline via InternetPolicy <internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 22:17:12 +0000
Subject: [Internet Policy] new information on Facebook's oversight board
To: ISOC INTERNETPOLICY <internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org>

Facebook has offered new insights into the structure of its future
oversight board, which will be set up as an independent trust. They
have also published an independent human rights impact assessment
examining the board/trust's responsibilities:

https://about.fb.com/news/2019/12/oversight-board-update/

Ayden Férdeline


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