A coalition of advocacy groups from around the world is calling on Meta’s quasi-independent Oversight Board to resign en masse to protest the social media giant’s recent pullback on content moderation.
In an open letter shared with the Tech Brief ahead of its publication Thursday, the Global Coalition for Tech Justice says Meta “has abandoned any pretense of oversight” after the five-year-old board was reportedly blindsided by some of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s January policy changes.
The coalition, which says it represents more than 250 organizations and experts from 55 countries, criticizes the board for not publicly pushing back on changes that it says will foster lies, degrade discourse and fuel attacks on women and LGBTQ+ people.