Whitaker: Facebook’s oversight board has ‘responsibility’ to adhere to freedom of speech 8:35
이전 미국. Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker discusses Facebook’s oversight board reviewing account removals.
After the 페이스 북 oversight board recently overturned four cases deemed a violation of the company’s policy, 이전 미국. Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker remains skeptical of the body’s independence.
“잘, I know that this board was hand-selected by Facebook. And so to suggest that it’s independent of Facebook, I think would, 알 잖아, not pass the smell test,” Whitaker told FOX Business’ “Mornings with Maria” 금요일에.
Whitaker said that Facebook’s oversight board has some responsibility to try to apply freedom of speech values when reviewing violations.
Whitaker went on to say, “And the further it gets away, the more speech that is suppressed, the more content that is taken down and the more, 알 잖아, sort of companies that are de-platformed and lose large followings, 예를 들면, like President Trump’s Facebook page, I think this is going to really test the independence of this board because some of these actions can’t be justified and ultimately are going to have to be removed.”
TWITCH ‘INDEFINITELY” SUSPENDS TRUMP FOLLOWING CAPITOL RIOT
페이스 북‘s oversight board, which reviews account removals, plans to review the company’s decision to indefinitely suspend former 도널드 트럼프 대통령‘s account and determine whether or not to uphold the ban.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg 1 월. 7 announced the company blocked Trump’s Facebook and Instagram 계정 indefinitely for “적어도” two weeks “until the peaceful transition of power is complete.”
“오늘, Facebook is referring its decision to indefinitely suspend former US President Donald Trump’s access to his Facebook and Instagram accounts to the independent Oversight Board,” Facebook Vice President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg 말했다 in a Wednesday statement.
트위터 permanently suspended Trump’s personal account on Jan. 8 following the riots “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey later defended the company’s decision, saying in a tweet thread that “offline harm as a result of online speech is demonstrably real” while acknowledging that Twitter’s power in the “global public conversation” has set a “dangerous” 전례.
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