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Facebook Launches Independent Oversight Board to Hear Appeals by Banned Users

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Facebook announced in a press release on Thursday that users who have been banned and have exhausted appeals can have their cases examined by an oversight board consisting of outside experts who are independent of the social media giant.

The Oversight Board will decide which disputes to examine, selecting from both cases appealed by users and cases referred by Facebook, the release said.

Board members, the first 20 of whom were announced in May, have been training on Facebook’s content enforcement, policies and undergoing case decision-making simulations, the release said.

Board members will also have access to a newly created “case management tool” designed to protect users privacy when selecting, reviewing and making decisions on cases, the release added.

Anger over the restrictions coming weeks before the US presidential election prompted Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier on Thursday to subpoena Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify.

Lawmakers also subpoenaed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey over similar acts of censorship and restrictions on free speech.

Sourse: sputniknews.com

Facebook Launches Independent Oversight Board to Hear Appeals by Banned Users

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