AGENCIES: Facebook has unveiled its plan to create an independent “oversight” board to make decisions over how the network is moderated.
The firm insisted the panel, which will hear its first “cases” in 2020, will have power to override decisions it makes over contentious material and influence new policy.
The idea, dubbed the Facebook supreme court, will eventually comprise 40 people around the world, but will be smaller at first.
Experts have questioned the board’s independence, as well as the motivation behind the move.
“Facebook does not have a court,” said Bernie Hogan, senior research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute. “The only vote that really counts is the majority shareholder, Mark Zuckerberg.”
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