Facebook creates “supreme court” to hear appeals to remove content
Facebook's Oversight Board, the social network's moderation body, will now allow users to appeal content they consider inappropriate to be removed. Set up to make decisions independent of the company's CEO, the "Supreme Court” Zuckerberg’s network, as it has been called, will receive requests to take down publications, pages and profiles, as well as arguments from users.
The option became available after one user ran out of requests to delete a post that was live on one of Zuckerberg's social networks. Now, when users find themselves in a situation like this, requesting to remove the content will open the door to a lawsuit.
Once requested, the requesters will have to make a case for why the moderators’ decision was wrong. While any user can appeal content removal, it is up to Facebook’s policy jury to decide which cases will be upheld and which will not.
Established specifically to review Facebook's decisions, the Oversight Board began its activities in February, repealing the ban on four publications. The Supreme Court's decisions on the social network go beyond even the determinations of the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.
The ultimate goal of the Facebook Supreme Court is to create a more neutral moderation system for the social network with appeals to remove or restore content. The decisions also create new guidelines for terms of service and usage policies – which now function as a legal system. At the moment, the entity is also dealing with thorny decisions, such as that of Trump ban after the attacks on the Capitol.
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