However we first emphasize that to create an equitable, transparent and human rights-centered approach to content moderation requires power that has not been granted to the Oversight Board.
We work with human rights organizations, social movements and individual witnesses in over 100 countries who engage in human rights-based activity on Facebook’s platforms, and who face threats from abuse of Facebook’s platforms.īelow we address questions raised by the Oversight Board. WITNESS ( ) is an international human rights organization that helps people use video and technology to promote and defend human rights notes. It requires insulation from domestic extralegal pressures that compromise Facebook in countries around world. *Global enforcement requires: far greater contextual understanding, including beyond majority elites as well as resourcing to moderation/for civil society globally and support to content moderation workers. *Facebook’s rules are not clear to ordinary people: they suffer from inconsistency in application, bias and lack of appeal. *Off-platform context and dangerous speech principles are critical to making decision, not optional *Preservation of critical speech and content can be achieved via evidence lockers *Public interest exceptions should apply to vulnerable speakers, not those in power with speech options *Public figures need greater scrutiny, not less. *All of our comments are in the light of the fact that the powers to push Facebook on policy change, on product/technical infrastructure change, on global resourcing and on Facebook’s response to extralegal political pressures globally have not been granted to Oversight Board.
WITNESS, an international human rights organization helping people use video and technology notes:
WITNESS submitted the following comment to the Facebook Oversight Board on their consideration of the suspension of former President Trump from Facebook and Instagram.įor further discussion on these issues see our recent post: Truth, Lies and Social Media Accountability in 2021: A WITNESS Perspective on Key Priorities Summary Published Friday, February 2021 WITNESS and the Facebook Trump Suspension
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