FACEBOOK’S OVERSIGHT BOARD: WHY FACEBOOK MIGHT SEEK TO ‘BIND ITSELF TO THE MAST’

Jessie Kelly

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Abstract: Content moderation is the core business of Facebook. This paper seeks to explore the extent to which the new Facebook Oversight Board will influence Facebook's content moderation practices and why it was created in the first place. It begins exploring the buy in from users to the content available on the platform, without which Facebook ceases to have a business model. As such, the extent to which Facebook is seen to legitimately respond to criticisms of its content moderation enables it to retain its position, legitimacy and autonomy. The Facebook Oversight Board or ‘FOB’ is one exercise aimed at retaining control over content moderation, and while the Board will see only a small subset of cases comprised of those already removed from the platform it will play a broader role in influencing the perception of Facebook’s content moderation practices, and subsequently in shaping those practices and associated international legislation.

Date: 2021-04-18
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