Facebook is going to set up a layered an ironic solution
to its content moderation controversies, funding by itself a “corporate
oversight board” that will operate autonomously.
Hoeg Law explains.
Facebook (Catalina Botero-Marino et al) explains the
process in this New York Times op-ed March 6.
Kara Swisher of the New York Times offers a favorable
op-ed (Oct 17).
Facebook (and YouTube) have sometimes been characterized
as unofficial government branches since they say they are following official
dogma on some issues, like coronavirus, on deciding what is acceptable (instead
of manipulative or misleading) speech on their platforms. That might then after
all create legal problems if a social media were a proxy for a government, but
it is more that it is a proxy for many governments.
Facebook might see this step as a way to deal with the
possible future demise of Section 230, which even Biden has said should be done
away with.
Picture: Facebook HQ, my trip, Sept. 2018
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