{"id":421209,"date":"2021-04-14T11:58:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T15:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=421209"},"modified":"2021-04-14T11:58:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T15:58:23","slug":"facebooks-new-oversight-board-is-a-victory-for-the-social-media-censorship-mob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebooks-new-oversight-board-is-a-victory-for-the-social-media-censorship-mob\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook\u2019s New \u2018Oversight Board\u2019 Is A Victory For The Social Media Censorship Mob"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffacebooks-new-oversight-board-is-a-victory-for-the-social-media-censorship-mob%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=421209&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1849.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>This week, Facebook announced that they will be expanding the powers of their controversial \u201cOversight Board.\u201d The apparently \u201cobjective\u201d panel will now be accepting appeals from users regarding content they want removed from both Facebook and Instagram.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Oversight Board, first introduced in October 2020, was presented as an objective solution to Facebook\u2019s content moderation \u201cproblem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Oversight Board was created to help Facebook answer some of the most difficult questions around freedom of expression online: what to take down, what to leave up, and why,\u201d Facebook\u2019s \u201cOversight Board\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oversightboard.com\/\"><span>website<\/span><\/a><span> states.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In simple terms, the first iteration of the Oversight Board was designed to provide disgruntled users with a way to challenge moderation \u201coversteps\u201d of Facebook.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/2020\/10\/22\/21528859\/facebook-oversight-board-mark-zuckerberg\"><span>Vox<\/span><\/a><span> described when the Board was first introduced, \u201cThat means that if you post something on Facebook or Instagram and it\u2019s taken down for violating any of Facebook\u2019s ever-changing rules on things like hate speech, nudity, misinformation, or violence \u2014 you will soon have the ability to appeal that decision to someone besides Facebook.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Now, the entire premise of the Oversight Board has been flipped from a defensive tool designed to provide users with added protections to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/facebook-drastically-increases-oversight-board-powers-opening-door-to-mob-rule-removal-of-content\">offensive tool<\/a> capable of being leveraged by some users over others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFrom today, users will be able to appeal content to the Oversight Board which they want removed from Facebook and Instagram,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oversightboard.com\/news\/267806285017646-the-oversight-board-is-accepting-user-appeals-to-remove-content-from-facebook-and-instagram\/\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><span> announced this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo far, users have been able to appeal content to the Board which they think should be restored to Facebook or Instagram,\u201d the announcement continues. \u201cNow, users can also appeal content to the Board which they think should be removed from Facebook or Instagram. The Board will use its independent judgment to decide what to leave up and what to take down. Our decisions will be binding on Facebook.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This change is nothing short of a monumental attack on free speech online. It is one thing to provide an additional layer of social media bureaucracy when it comes to content that has already been removed by the platform itself. It is entirely another to introduce an additional layer which provides non-Facebook entities with the ability to remove content motivated \u2014 at least in part \u2014 by the volume of those who believe it should be taken down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rather than having one way to overturn the removal of content, users are now faced with new ways their content can be removed.<\/p>\n<p><span>According to Facebook\u2019s own policies, the Oversight Board is responsible for selecting cases which \u201caffect many users,\u201d are \u201cof critical importance to public discourse,\u201d and\/or \u201craise important questions about Facebook policies.\u201d These definitions are both vague and entirely subjective \u2014 by design.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition, Facebook wrote that \u201cmany people will be able to report the same piece of content. In these cases, multiple user appeals will be gathered into a single case file for the Board.\u201d For those who are concerned about the impact of mob-rule content moderation online \u2014 where the loudest voices determine what is and isn\u2019t acceptable \u2014 this provision should trigger significant alarm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>These latest actions by Facebook are nothing other than a policy \u201cbait and switch.\u201d The Oversight Board was sold as a positive layer of protection for users. In reality, our concerns turned out to be accurate: the Oversight Board is yet another weapon in the growing arsenal of those who wish to stifle speech online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Facebook announced that they will be expanding the powers of their controversial \u201cOversight Board.\u201d The apparently \u201cobjective\u201d panel will now be accepting appeals from users regarding content they &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312164,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1849.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Facebook\u2019s New \u2018Oversight Board\u2019 Is A Victory For The Social Media Censorship Mob","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-421209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1849.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Facebook\u2019s New \u2018Oversight Board\u2019 Is A Victory For The Social Media Censorship Mob","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}