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Facebook names first members of oversight board that can overrule Zuckerberg

Facebook Inc's new content material oversight board will come with a former head of state, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and several other constitutional legislation mavens and rights advocates in its first 20 members, the corporate introduced on Wednesday.
Facebook Inc's new content oversight board will include a former head of state, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and several constitutional law experts and rights advocates in its first 20 members, the company announced on Wednesday.

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  2. "Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it is starting to remove the recommendations it gives global users for political and social issue Facebook groups, a move it has billed as turning down tension on the site". (March 17, 2021)
  3. "Facebook Inc's independent Oversight Board announced on Tuesday the first six cases where it could overrule the social media company's decisions to remove certain pieces of content from its platforms". (December 1, 2020)
  4. "Outdoor apparel brand Patagonia Inc will pause its ads on Facebook Inc and Facebook's photo-sharing app, Instagram, making it the latest company to join a boycott campaign organized by U.S. civil rights groups". (June 22, 2020)
  5. "Facebook Inc for the first time on Thursday disclosed numbers on the prevalence of hate speech on its platform, saying that out of every 10,000 content views in the third quarter, 10 to 11 included hate speech". (November 19, 2020)
  6. "Facebook Inc said on Monday it was updating its hate speech policy to ban any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust". (October 12, 2020)
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  8. "Facebook Inc is considering imposing a ban on political ads on its social network in the days leading up to the Nov. 3 elections in the United States, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the company's thinking". (July 10, 2020)
  9. "Several Oregon police departments have aimed to debunk misinformation spreading on social media platforms this week, including Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc , blaming leftist and right-wing groups for wildfires raging in the state". (September 11, 2020)
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