Meta's Oversight Board Prepares for Layoffs, Washington Post Reports

--Meta's company-funded oversight body is planning to trim its workforce, a downsizing effort that could affect the board's ability to police the world's largest social media network, the Washington posts reports.

--Meta's Oversight Board told some employees last week that their jobs were at risk of being cut, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke to the Washington Post on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters.

--The job eliminations probably will add to challenges facing the Oversight Board at a time when it has faced criticism for moving too slowly and cautiously to issue decisions and opinions that significantly shape how Meta handles contentious free speech debates.

--The cuts could affect the Oversight Board's longtime quest to be considered a viable model of governance for the social media industry in the eyes of regulators, civil society groups and the general public.

Full article at https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/29/meta-oversight-board-layoffs/

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