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. Ali Hussein +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad

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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