nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20190921-232448-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 190921s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20190921-232448-0 doi eng 342 23 Weinzierl, Quirin Author aut Difficult Times Ahead for the Facebook „Supreme Court“ Weinzierl, Quirin Verfassungsblog 2019-09-21 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Over the past years, Facebook as well as other online platforms faced constant criticism and pressure from civil society, lawmakers, and governments regarding their role in content moderation. As a response, Facebook for the last two years sought a way to handle the decision-making process in a more transparent, accountable, and fair way, while at the same time diverting responsibility from itself and its CEO and sole controller, Mark Zuckerberg. Now, it finally rolls out its plan for an independent Oversight Board, also referred by some, including Mark Zuckerberg, as a “Supreme Court”. Major questions arise as to its mandate, the establishment of global free speech standards and the reactions of national courts. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Constitutional Self-Binding Facebook Oversight Board Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/difficult-times-ahead-for-the-facebook-supreme-court/ raw object