Holding Them Accountable: Facebook’s 'Real Oversight Board' Says Fix 3 Things Before The Election

It's no secret that Facebook is already the platform being used to suppress African-American, Black and Latinx votes.

Its tools are being used to spread lies and to enable private militias to organize voting station protests.

On Wednesday, a group of academics, researchers and civil rights leaders go live on with ‘The Real Facebook Oversight Board’ which is designed to criticize and discuss the role of the platform in the upcoming US election. The group includes Facebook’s ex-head of election security, leaders of the #StopHateForProfit campaign and Roger McNamee, early Facebook investor.

Facebook launched its own ‘Oversight Board’ last November to deal with thorny issues of content moderation, but Facebook has admitted it will not be overseeing any of Facebook’s content or activity during the course of the US election, and will only adjudicate on issues after the event. []

Shireen Mitchell, Social Media Analyst and Diversity Strategist as well as a member of the board spoke with Roland Martin about the pressure 'The Real Facebook Oversight Board' is applying on Facebook ahead of the 2020 election.

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