Lawfare is here for you for all things Facebook Oversight Board. The Oversight Board is a grand experiment aimed at improving the way that companies moderate the speech that they host. No one knows if the Oversight Board will "work," and there's no universal understanding of what "success" would even mean, or if the FOB could ever plausibly achieve it. But the FOB is worth paying attention to either way.
Our Facebook Oversight Board blog (FOBblog) will be tracking the Oversight Board's activity with convenient links below to information about the Oversight Board, statistics about the Oversight Board, a collection of documents related to the cases, a compilation of Lawfare analysis and Arbiters of Truth podcasts about the Oversight Board. Click the green buttons below to explore. We will be growing, so stay tuned!
Lawfare analysis on the Facebook Oversight Board:
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Facebook Suspended Trump. The Oversight Board Shouldn't Let Him Back.
The Facebook Oversight Board should be mindful that Facebook is not a government—and that the platform’s decisions denying active accounts or taking down posts pose no threat of loss of liberty to any pe... -
Facebook, It’s Time to Put the Rules in One Place
Facebook’s policies on health misinformation stretch across blog posts, different sections within the Community Standards, and now in its Help Center. This must change. -
What Do the Available Public Comments About the Trump Ban Actually Say?
Early public comments to the Facebook Oversight Board show a surprising consensus that banning the former president was the right move. -
The Oversight Board Moment You Should’ve Been Waiting For: Facebook Responds to the First Set of Decisions
Facebook said it committed to action as a result of nearly two-thirds of the FOB’s recommendations. This is too rosy a picture, but the responses do show promise and the value of a more open dialogue abo... -
What Do the Facebook Oversight Board’s First Decisions Actually Say?
The grand experiment yields its first set of decisions. What's in them? -
What to Make of the Facebook Oversight Board’s Inaugural Docket
It’s useful to take a close look at what cases the board has agreed to take on so far, and to try to tease out what it might be trying to accomplish.
