Facebook’s new oversight board overrules company in first test
Rulings will be scrutinised to see how independent the board is ahead of decision on whether Facebook was right to suspend Trump's accounts
28 January 2021 - 17:08
Deciding its first cases, Facebook's oversight board ruled on Thursday that the social media company was wrong to remove four of five pieces of content the board reviewed, including posts Facebook took down for violating rules on hate speech and harmful Covid-19 misinformation.
The first rulings will be scrutinised to see how independent the board appears from the world's largest social media platform, particularly ahead of its high-profile decision on whether Facebook was right to suspend former US. President Donald Trump...
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