Posted on 05/28/2020 9:26:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Tweaker Twitter.
Whoever is doing that to President Trump’s tweets should have their titters tweaked.
“I just believe strongly that Facebook shouldn’t be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online,” he stated.
how does Zuckerberg get away with saying that?
behind paywall:
6 May: UK Telegraph: Facebook will rue its left-wing oversight board appointments
By Robin Pagnamenta
The board has been filled with people like the former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger who conform to Facebook’s liberal world view...
Here, ensconced in the liberal bubble in which the 35-year-old billionaire exists and surrounded by a coterie of advisers led by Sir Nick Clegg (FORMER LEADER, LIBERAL DEMOCRAT UK, Vice-President for Global Affairs and Communications since 2018), Facebook’s decision to appoint Alan Rusbridger to its oversight board must have seemed like a smart move...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/05/06/facebook-will-rue-left-wing-oversight-board-appointments/
7 May: Guardian: Journalists, politicians and judges to sit on Facebook’s free speech panel
New independent board, which includes ex-Guardian editor, will rule on freedom of expression issues
by Alex Hern
Among the 20 board members who have agreed to help set policy for the social network are Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the former prime minister of Denmark; the Nobel peace laureate Tawakkol Karman; and Alan Rusbridger, the former Guardian editor-in-chief.
The first four members of the board, who all hold the title of co-chair, were selected by Facebook directly. Thorning-Schmidt is one, and is joined by two US law professors, Jamal Greene and Michael McConnell, and Catalina Botero Marino, a former special rapporteur for freedom of expression at the Organization of American States.
Those four, in combination with Facebook, selected the next 16 members and will continue to appoint board members until the board hits its full complement of 40...
“Our roster includes three former judges, six former or current journalists, and other leaders with backgrounds from civil society, academia and public service,” said Thomas Hughes, the director of the oversight board. “They represent a diverse collection of backgrounds and beliefs, but all have a deep commitment to advancing human rights and freedom of expression.”...
Thorning-Schmidt, who served as CEO of Save the Children after leaving office and is married to the Labour MP Stephen Kinnock, said she “looked forward to the challenge” that the board’s work would bring...
Rusbridger, who was editor-in-chief of the Guardian from 1995 until 2015, said. “The oversight board seems to be the first imaginative and bold step by one of the biggest players to find a way of reconciling the need to start imposing some kind of judgment and standards on what is published, while still maintaining the things that are wonderful about social media, and necessary for free speech. I’m impressed by the group of people that has been chosen and the processes that have been put in place.”...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/may/06/facebook-oversight-board-freedom-expression-helle-thorning-schmidt-alan-rusbridger
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