Facebook can't win its moderation dilemma


Facebook has committed US$130mil (RM534.35mil) to fund its oversight board. — Reuters

Facebook Inc is hard at work crafting its own Supreme Court of content moderation – just as it works to make much of its content impossible for it to review.

Last week, Facebook hired the director of its oversight board and released material about the review process. Most cases are expected to take 90 days – which the company that gave us the motto "move fast and break things” surely knows is an eternity in the world of the Internet.

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