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Facebook’s New “Supreme Court” – The Oversight Board and International Human Rights Law

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This is a guest post by Elizabeth Boomer, an international law consultant in the Global Legal Research Directorate. Elizabeth has previously written for In Custodia Legis on Technology & the Law of Corporate Responsibility – The Impact of Blockchain, 30th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, and United Nations Day – A Time to Reflect on the Potential Role of the International Court of Justice.

Have you heard of Facebook’s new Oversight Board? If you use Facebook or Instagram, you may want to pay attention…

Back in late 2018, Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook’s plan to create an independent body to “uphold the principle of giving people voice while also recognizing the reality of keeping people saf