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Meta 'Supreme Court' Expands with European Center to Handle TikTok, YouTube Cases

Meta's Oversight Board "is spinning off a new appeals center," reports the Washington Post, "to handle content disputes from European social media users on multiple platforms". It will operate under Europe's Digital Services Act, "which requires tech companies to allow users to appeal restrictions ...

Meta's Oversight Board "is spinning off a new appeals center," reports the Washington Post, "to handle content disputes from European social media users on multiple platforms".It will operate under Europe's Digital Services Act, "which requires tech companies to allow users to appeal restrictions on their accounts before an independent group of experts. The expansion arrives as the Oversight Board, an independent collection of academics, experts and lawyers funded by Meta, has been seeking to expand its influence beyond the social media giant... [The Board] has tried for years to court other major internet companies, offering to help them referee debates about content, The Post has reported... When Facebook, YouTube or TikTok removes a post, European social media users will be able to appeal the decision to the center.

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