While we await @FBoversight’s decision on former President Trump's fate on the platform, ASD experts weigh in on what this decision could mean for tech self-regulation, the big questions facing lawmakers, and our democracy. 🧵washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
According to @LindsayPGorman, this Facebook Oversight decision is a key litmus test for whether country-sized technology companies can effectively regulate themselves. It also could be one of the simplest decisions the board will face.
The decisions FB Oversight will have to make in the next 5 years are far more complicated. How it goes about this decision and the framework it establishes today will give us a clue as to whether Facebook is up to the task of 21st century self-regulation, @LindsayPGorman says
The FB Oversight Board is an imperfect solution, but it's a step in the right direction, says Disinfo Fellow Bret Schafer. It provides some due process on major decisions that can impact democracies.
There are valid concerns about the way FB Oversight is set up, @jessbrandt notes—not least that it's a private institution entirely of FB's making. But it may be the best mechanism we have to build in accountability for decisions that impact public discourse, politics & democracy
Congress needs to play a meaningful oversight role—not of specific content decisions, but of the architecture, algorithms and broader policies of the major platforms, @jessbrandt says. Congress could create an independent federal regulator to establish platform codes of conduct.
.@FBoversight's decision on former President Trump is expected tomorrow morning. Follow along for reactions and insight from ASD's experts.

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