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How should a company with 2.8 billion users, 59,000 employees and millions of advertisers across the globe handle tricky content moderation decisions, especially when they involve such issues as free speech, powerful leaders and political violence?
Facebook’s answer is the Oversight Board, a quasi-independent panel that reviews decisions to remove a post or a comment. In its latest and biggest case, the board upheld a ban on former President Trump but criticized the company for not following its own rules by either making the suspension permanent or setting a time limit. It gave Facebook six months to review the decision, meaning Trump may still one day be back on the platform.
Corporate governance scholar Siri Terjesen explains why Facebook created the board, how it’s ruled so far and why other companies are unlikely to follow its lead.
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Bryan Keogh
Senior Editor, Economy + Business
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Facebook’s new Oversight Board affirmed the social media network’s ban on Donald Trump.
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Siri Terjesen, Florida Atlantic University
The social media giant's third-party review panel upheld Facebook's ban on Donald Trump. A corporate governance expert explains why Facebook created the Oversight Board.
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Politics + Society
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Kwasi Konadu, Colgate University
As the US debates reparations for descendants of slavery, cases in Africa help illustrate the limits of programs focused solely in financial restitution.
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Alison Gash, University of Oregon
A civil rights scholar looks at the large number of anti-transgender policies being debated and passed in state capitols. They are a staple issue for conservatives who want to rally their base.
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Science + Technology
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Jessica Thompson, Yale University; David K. Wright, University of Oslo; Sarah Ivory, Penn State
Combining evidence from archaeology, geochronology and paleoenvironmental science, researchers identified how ancient humans by Lake Malawi were the first to substantially modify their environment.
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Health
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Rochanda Mitchell, University of Virginia
Miscarriage occurs in 15% to 25% of diagnosed pregnancies, bringing heartache to millions of women, many of whom blame themselves. In most cases, however, miscarriage is due to random genetic errors.
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Melissa L. Caldwell, University of California, Santa Cruz
While long lines and food shortages are frustrating for most consumers, they can be physically and emotionally grueling for people with disabilities.
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Environment + Energy
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Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University; Caitlin R. Proctor, Purdue University
Buildings aren't the only things at risk in wildfires. Recent disasters in California have left local water system contaminated with toxic chemicals afterward, slowing return and recovery.
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Education
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David Rutkowski, Indiana University; Dirk Hastedt, Indiana University
Students who have desks at home tend to do better academically. So why isn't more attention given to this issue, as it is to the digital divide?
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R. O. Parke Loyd, Arizona State University
Astronomers just measured the largest flare ever from Proxima Centauri, humanity's closest neighboring star. These flares could be bad news for life trying to develop on a planet orbiting the star.
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Tamara Hew-Butler, Wayne State University
If kidneys could talk, they'd tell you not to overdo the water rule you hear all the time. But since they can't talk, they do send signals to your body that enough is enough.
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William Petri, University of Virginia
The vaccine rollout is underway, but what happens if there is a supply disruption? Would it be feasible to change strategy and give more people a first dose? An expert analyzes the data.
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