Meet the Facebook Supreme Court

As Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—surpassed 2 billion users in 2019, the company created an independent oversight board to review appeals of the company’s decisions involving content moderation. In this episode, members of Meta’s Oversight Board, Michael McConnell of Stanford Law School and Kenji Yoshino of New York University School of Law, join Jeffrey Rosen to discuss the board’s structure, its key decisions, and its efforts to ensure free and fair elections in advance of the 2024 presidential election. This program was streamed live on April 29, 2024, as part of our America’s Town Hall series. 

Resources: 

Meta Oversight Board 

Former President Trump's suspension, Meta Oversight Board decision (2021) 

Meet the Board 

Brazilian general's speech, Meta Oversight Board decision (2023) 

Altered Video of President Biden, Meta Oversight Board decision (2023) 

Oversight Board Announces New Cases on Israel-Hamas Conflict for Expedited Review (Dec. 2023) 

United States posts discussing abortion, Meta Oversight Board decision, (2023) 

Referring to Designated Dangerous Individuals as “Shaheed”, Meta Oversight Board decision, (2023) 

Cambodian prime minister, Meta Oversight Board decision (2023) 

Reporting on Pakistani Parliament Speech, Meta Oversight Board decision (2023) 

How to Appeal to the Oversight Board 

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