Two years after the announcement, the Oversight Board is now starting its work. Independent experts should intervene in the event of complaints when posts on Facebook and Instagram have been deleted. Your decision is then binding for the social network.

Three billion people are registered on Facebook. You should get access to the complaint council in the coming weeks, writes Facebook in a blog post. If in doubt, the social network itself can also pass on cases. The board members then decide what matters to take care of – based on set criteria. Facebook introduced the first 20 members this summer. Since then they have been through a series of training courses and have built up the organization, including processes and structures.

Facebook steps in because a post is blocked as not complying with the guidelines , the post creator receives a note and an ID. With this he can then formulate a complaint on the website of the oversight board or explain himself and the background of the contribution.

Slow start of journey Initially, only cases can be submitted in which the Facebook moderators have deleted posts. However, this is to be expanded to include all types of contributions in the future. The first disputes should be looked at in the coming weeks. Facebook must implement decisions made by members within 90 days. So it still takes some time before the first actual results are available.

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