Thread by @evelyndouek

"Content-moderation decisions are momentous but they are as momentous as they are bc of fb’s engineering decisions & other choices that determine which speech proliferates... & in what context [users] see it"

Great op-ed by @JameelJaffer & @KGlennBass

nytimes.com/2021/02/17/opi…

I think it's unlikely the @OversightBoard will take their recommendation to refuse to answer the question abt Trump's account until fb commissions & publishes a study abt the lead up to Jan. 6

(Altho I think it should and likely will recommend such a study in their decision)

But what if they do? A fun hypothetical for this wannabe law professor to imagine.

A possible "constitutional" show down!

Despite what a lot of people think, the independence mechanisms for board members are quite robust. Fb can't remove members, and the only way a board member can be removed by the trustees is for violations of the Code of Conduct

And the members have a lot of latitude and flexibility to perform their roles (within the limited ambit that fb currently provides them). But one of the only really clear things they *must* do under the bylaws?

Decide cases within 90 days.

Funnily enough, I just read the Code of Conduct twice and there's no clear "failure to perform duties" provision.... this appears to be the closest it gets?

So, in short, cld be a stand-off b/t the board not making a decision, the trustees confused abt their powers, maybe a Friday night massacre & the need to invoke *actual* law abt the interpretation of Trust docs

Again, unlikely. But a little fun to imagine (& do a thread about)