Hand Me the Paper 15: Oversight Board Judgement on the Donald Trump Case
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What I Read This Week:
Oversight Board Judgement on the Donald Trump Case [Link, Link with my scribbles]
What You Should Know:
It is the Oversight Board’s limited duty to ensure that Facebook’s rules and processes are consistent with its content policies, its values, and human right commitments.
The board agrees that Facebook was right to ban Trump for his posts on Jan 6. However, according to the board, the ban should not be indefinite.
The board also asked Facebook about the extent to which the platform’s design decision, including algorithms, policies, procedures, and technical features amplified Trump’s posts after the elections and whether Facebook had conducted any internal analysis of whether such features contributed to the events on Jan 6. Facebook declined to answer these questions.
The Board also said that instead of indefinite bans on violations, more frequent ones might be more proportionate. For example, Facebook should be satisfied that Trump has ceased making unfounded claims about election fraud in the manner that justified suspension.
What I Have Been Reading:
Music to My Ears: