Meta’s Oversight Board to expand content moderation, expedite decisions
Meta’s Oversight Board has announced it will review more content moderation cases and publish some decisions within 48 hours of...
Usman Shahid is Manager at Digital Rights Monitor (DRM) under the Digital Rights & Internet Governance (DRIG) programme at Media Matters for Democracy (MMfD). He is also co-leading Facter, a digital investigation initiative facilitating newsrooms in countering mis/disinformation.
Usman formerly worked as the head of Culture desk at SAMAA TV (Digital). He is also a DRAPAC23 fellow.
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