Facebook opens public consultation process regarding design of Oversight Board
"Getting Input on an Oversight Board" 01 April 2019
Every day, teams at Facebook make difficult decisions about what content should stay up and what should come down based on our Community Standards. But given the size of our community — and the reach of our platform — we don’t think we should be making all of these decisions on our own. Today, we’re opening a public consultation process to help us answer questions around the design for this Oversight Board. This is another part of our ongoing, global engagement with a wide range of organizations, think tanks and researchers to determine how best to empower this entity to render independent judgment on some of Facebook’s most important and challenging content decisions... Responses will be accepted for the next six weeks.... In June, we’ll publish a report summarizing what we’ve learned through these submissions and in the broader conversations we’re having...To share your opinion and perspective, go here.