god this is bleak as hell https://t.co/88bSCdBfMz
— Dave Gershgorn (@davegershgorn) September 25, 2020
The high priests of Facebook's conscience now have an antipope. It's all getting a bit Avignon out here ??♂️ https://t.co/6ciLlq5pwq
— Laurence Dodds ? (@LFDodds) September 25, 2020
Wow, Facebook *really* doesn’t like the idea of these people (who include an early-stage investor in Facebook, and someone who worked there and tried to get it to take election interference seriously) Having Public Opinions About Facebook. https://t.co/dfnKRreW43 pic.twitter.com/5VunpTX69j
— Charles Arthur (@charlesarthur) September 25, 2020
NEW: Some of Facebook's most vocal critics are tired of waiting for its independent oversight board — so they're launching their own https://t.co/zWhJpMOKyq
— Olivia Solon (@oliviasolon) September 25, 2020
Not since Ric Flair showed up in the WWF in 1991 claiming to be the “real world champion” have we faced such a crisis of legitimacy https://t.co/gmTwgtkAro
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) September 25, 2020
Wow. Can I come and take the notes or serve the biscuits @Moonalice @carolecadwalla @mariaressa @YaelEisenstat @IlvesToomas @DamianCollins? https://t.co/HwKNHqV7Tk pic.twitter.com/5CcxN3JAsa
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) September 25, 2020
Facebook is a weapon. A private company, controlled by one man, being used to undermine democracy. We urgently need to hold it to account. Before it’s too late.
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) September 25, 2020
Today we launch the Real Facebook Oversight Board @FBoversight to try & do just that. Join ushttps://t.co/j4s5mtMRNe
Bam. While Facebook works to create an oversight board, industry experts formed their own
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) September 25, 2020
A group of about 25 experts announced Friday that they have formed a group to analyze and critique Facebook's content moderation decisions. https://t.co/D3cCSYHseR
It seems the main purpose of this mimic Oversight Board is to pressure and embarrass FB, and, in some ways, it's already working. Yesterday, FB said its real board would start operating before the US election. Today this was announced:https://t.co/iWYmyvNiiS
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) September 25, 2020
When we started the #StopHateForProfit campaign, our intention was to hold Facebook accountable.
— ADL (@ADL) September 25, 2020
That is why we are proud to join the Real Facebook Oversight Board, alongside prominent researchers and advocates. More here on the work we'll be doing: https://t.co/f4MEldSnMH
... The "Real Oversight Board" is quoting its own pitch-deck out of context as if it's a Facebook deck?
— evelyn douek (@evelyndouek) September 25, 2020
Spreading false information on Day 1 is not a good start.https://t.co/LFkc782g5D https://t.co/499153xXYF pic.twitter.com/EXkGF52sBg
Proud to be on @FBOversight w/friends @CaroleCadwalla, @RashadRobinson, @DerrickNAACP, @Moonalice & others to ensure FB truly is accountable & takes the needed steps to reduce the #antisemitism, #racism, #extremism & hate that runs rampant on the platform. https://t.co/Nl50qMWspO
— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) September 25, 2020
Details about Facebook critics taking on its Oversight Board ... Kara Swisher will moderate its first weekly meeting next week, which will air on Facebook Live https://t.co/nArSP4XmDx
— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) September 25, 2020
It seems the main purpose of this mimic Oversight Board is to pressure and embarrass FB, and, in some ways, it's already working. Yesterday, FB said its real board would start operating before the US election. Today this was announced:https://t.co/iWYmyvNiiS
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) September 25, 2020
"This is an emergency response" – @carolecadwalla ?
— The Real Facebook Oversight Board (@FBoversight) September 25, 2020
While Facebook falls behind with the launch of its oversight board, we're spearheading an authoritative group of experts to counter the spin Facebook is putting out.@oliviasolon. #DetoxFacebookhttps://t.co/J2DJg7CvhG
Facinating part of this @oliviasolon piece is how Facebook is trying to get Pierre Omidyar to kill the rival to the alternative Facebook Oversight Board. https://t.co/p0aYW9QEtp pic.twitter.com/BnfrsR8TpX
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) September 25, 2020
Like, wtf?!?
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) September 25, 2020
That’s FACEBOOK intervening on behalf of the Oversight Board that is supposed to be INDEPENDENT.
Read @oliviasolon’s full NBC story. I asked Facebook for comment & they told me they were not prepared to comment ‘either on or off the record’https://t.co/j4s5mtMRNe
So a high-level Facebook official allegedly asked a funder to pull back from a project to monitor Facebook because they are afraid OF THEIR OWN COLLEAGUES. This is a really grim picture of the world's most powerful media company. https://t.co/ib1VnLPUwm pic.twitter.com/1iPa0SBzbQ
— Monika Bauerlein (@MonikaBauerlein) September 25, 2020
Joining this all-star group to push FB to take bolder steps to protect our election & stop the platform from spreading disinformation & hate. I hope the actual Oversight Board will someday have impact, but our election’s in crisis right now; we can’t wait.https://t.co/MwfiqPutaC
— Yael Eisenstat (@YaelEisenstat) September 25, 2020
Facebook’s hand-picked advisory board won’t be able to make decisions until after content is taken down and won’t be ready for the election. We deserve better.
— Free Press (@freepress) September 25, 2020
Welcome to the Real Facebook Oversight Board, @FBoversight. https://t.co/iVR0c07sau
#PrincetonU assoc. prof. @ruha9 has joined a group of 25 academics, journalists, politicians and civil rights activists to analyze and critique Facebook's content moderation decisions and policies in the run-up to #Election2020 and beyond. https://t.co/x9kHGGSDqn (via @nbcnews)
— Princeton University (@Princeton) September 25, 2020
Facebook's @OversightBoard is little more than a corporate whitewashing exercise.
— The Real Facebook Oversight Board (@FBoversight) September 25, 2020
Read more about us in this piece by @sarafischer. #detoxfacebook https://t.co/DSxU602N7g
So, I'm all in favor of efforts to hold Facebook, in general, and the Oversight Board, in particular, accountable.
— Yale ISP - WIII (@YaleISP_WIII) September 25, 2020
But I have a few questions for the "The Real Facebook Oversight Board" @FBoversight https://t.co/UCgsfXbzpc
Posit: this might not be a great time to use ‘stunts and viral videos’ to try to undermine part of Facebook’s attempts at maintaining election integrity. https://t.co/V72dIbjuI1
— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) September 25, 2020
The sluggish Facebook Oversight Board has already said it won't get in gear until around or after the election.
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) September 25, 2020
So an alternative group has sprung up. And @karaswisher is hosting the 1st meeting.
Via @sarafischer https://t.co/7yE98uJWPQ
Facebook critics from Stop Hate for Profit boycott groups like Color of Change, Anti-Defamation League, Roger McNamee, journalists and pundits join up to take on Facebook's Oversight Board citing an 'urgent threat to democracy' ahead of US elections. https://t.co/3iypNRzE6E
— shady_inf0 (@shady_inf0) September 25, 2020
1. Facebook forms Oversight Board.
— Civic Signals (@civic_signals) September 25, 2020
2. Experts, including @shoshanazuboff @mariaressa @rashadrobinson @DerrickNAACP @reedgalen @ruha9 @MarietjeSchaake @IlvesToomas @safiyanoble @moonalice form their own.
3. Facebook tries to kill the project.https://t.co/0j2pWY3Mpy
A group of about 25 experts, including co-founder @reedgalen, announced Friday that they have formed a group to analyze and critique Facebook's content moderation decisions.https://t.co/3rqBJrV38n
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 25, 2020
I initially wrote off creating a second, unauthorized Facebook Oversight Board as a stunt, but the people on this list are simply better versed in the problems this platform creates than the real one.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) September 25, 2020
It should be listened to instead of the real one.https://t.co/dmojVdoVoA
The roster of this unauthorized Facebook Oversight Board that launched today is a lot more impressive than the actual Faceboook Oversight Board.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) September 25, 2020
It's diverse, forward-thinking and features people who have been actual victims of government censorship.https://t.co/dmojVdoVoA pic.twitter.com/dp8hUKgUcM