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Civil society groups urge Meta’s Oversight Board to resign in protest
A coalition of civil society has published an open letter to the Oversight Board saying the group should resign en masse to protest Meta's content moderation and fact-checking policies.
The letter, which was first reported by The Washington Post, comes from the Global Coalition for Tech Justice, which is made up of more than 250 human and digital rights advocates, fact-checking organizations and other civil society groups from around the world. “A mass resignation would be a historic act of conscience — one that makes clear Meta’s reckless disregard for human rights cannot be excused, ignored, or concealed behind the curtains of an oversight board that has no real power,” the letter says. Last month, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta would end its long-running fact-checking programs and roll back content moderation standards that protected immigrants and LGBT people on its platform.
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