ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Justin Hendrix

Justin Hendrix works on problems at the intersection of technology and democracy. He is a cofounder of Tech Policy Press, a startup nonprofit media venture, and an associate research scientist and adjunct professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

POSTS BY Justin Hendrix

29 January 2021

Facebook’s Oversight Board Takes on the Curious Case of Donald J. Trump

Facebook announced last week that it would refer the question of its decision to remove Donald Trump from its platforms to the Oversight Board. The case concerning the former President’s account marks a notable departure from the approach through the initial slate of Oversight Board cases announced in December and resolved this month. The decision the Board takes -- which will be binding, Facebook says -- could have major implications for the future of platform governance. But it may also force Facebook to reckon with its past. Continue reading >>

19 December 2020

Dipayan Ghosh, Justin Hendrix

Facebook’s Oversight Board Just Announced Its First Cases, But It Already Needs An Overhaul

On the 1st of December, the first cases the newly constituted Facebook Oversight Board will consider were published. They underscore that the Oversight Board was never going to be a panacea for the complex problem of content moderation on a platform that hosts billions of users, but it is clear already that the Board’s governance model requires an overhaul if it is to achieve meaningful success. Continue reading >>