Meta’s independent (albeit Meta-funded) Oversight Board has vowed to become a whole lot more active.
The board exists to grapple with particularly troublesome content-moderation decisions on Facebook and Instagram. It’s been hearing appeals against initial moderation decisions for a couple of years now, but during that time it’s only made 186 recommendations to Meta, and the company has only agreed to reverse its original decision in 80 of those cases—the most famous example was probably Meta’s conversion of its indefinite suspension of former President Donald Trump into a two-year ban that ended last month. What’s more, the Oversight Board’s activities have been somewhat opaque, as the panel published just 35 of its case decisions.
