These are the people Facebook put in charge of deciding whether or not to delete controversial posts

-FB announced the first 20 ppl on its Oversight Board, a sort of supreme court for content
- It could help avoid accusations of bias on @Facebook's part [_link]

— Jessica Bursztynsky (@jbursz) May 6, 2020

The members are a globally diverse group with lawyers, journalists, human rights advocates and other academics. Between them, they are said to have expertise in areas such as digital rights, religious freedom, conflicts between rights, content moderation, internet censorship and civil rights.

Notable members include Alan Rusbridger, former editor in chief of The Guardian newspaper, and Andras Sajo, a former judge and VP of the European Court of Human Rights.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt, a former Prime Minister of Denmark, is one of the board's four co-chairs. "Up until now some of the most difficult decisions about content have been made by Facebook and you could say Mark Zuckerberg," she said on a call with the press Wednesday. "Facebook has decided to change that."