As Meta surpassed 2 billion users in 2019, the company created an independent oversight board to review appeals of controversial decisions involving content moderation. Members of Meta’s Oversight Board Michael McConnell of Stanford Law School and Kenji Yoshino of New York University School of Law discuss the board’s recent work, including its efforts to ensure free and fair elections in advance of the 2024 presidential election. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.
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Michael McConnell is the Richard and Frances Mallery Professor and director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and a member of the Meta Oversight Board. He served as a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit from 2002 to 2009, and is the author of numerous books about constitutional law, including his latest, The President Who Would Not Be King: Executive Power Under the Constitution.
Kenji Yoshino is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law and the Director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. He currently serves on the Board of the Brennan Center for Justice, and on advisory boards for diversity and inclusion for Morgan Stanley and Charter Communications, as well as a member of the Meta Oversight Board. He has published four books, including his most recent book (coauthored with David Glasgow), Say the Right Thing: How to Talk About Identity, Diversity, and Justice.
Additional Resources
- Meta Oversight Board
- Former President Trump's suspension, Meta Oversight Board decision (2021)
- Meet the Board
- Brazilian general's speech, Meta Oversight Board decision (2023)
- Altered Video of President Biden, Meta Oversight Board decision (2023)
- Oversight Board Announces New Cases on Israel-Hamas Conflict for Expedited Review (Dec. 2023)
- United States posts discussing abortion, Meta Oversight Board decision, (2023)
- Referring to Designated Dangerous Individuals as “Shaheed”, Meta Oversight Board decision, (2023)
- Cambodian prime minister, Meta Oversight Board decision (2023)
- Reporting on Pakistani Parliament Speech, Meta Oversight Board decision (2023)
- How to Appeal to the Oversight Board
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