Facebook has announced the formation of a Committee to which users can appeal against the decisions taken by the popular social network. The appeals also include those relating to Instagram, which is owned by the Menlo Park company. The Oversight Board's job is to judge Facebook's actions, such as the removal of content and deletion of profiles. It can also intervene on sensitive issues such as respect for privacy, hate speech and harassment.
At present, the Committee is made up of 20 members (just appointed) who will become forty. As reported by Ansa, which participated in a video conference during which Facebook made the announcement, the members speak over 29 languages and come from different backgrounds to ensure that different professional, cultural, political points of view are taken into consideration. and religious.
The members are prominent personalities, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman (Yemeni politician and activist) and former Guardian director Alan Rusbridger, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting on Snowden. The cases that the Committee will deal with will be those that have not found a solution with the previous levels of moderation of Facebook. The decisions that will be taken are final and binding for the company. The body may also request changes to the moderation rules.
The Committee has repeatedly stated that it is an independent body but the activities are funded by a $ 130 million fund funded by Facebook and in which it will participate for the next six years. The first cases will begin to be investigated in the coming months. Either way, it should be a way to clarify the policies of the popular social network, which are often considered controversial and arbitrary
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