Facebook’s oversight board is a “model of future regulation” that could expand its remit to include other large social media businesses around the world, according to one of its leading members.
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May 24, 2021
Facebook’s oversight board should monitor the whole industry, says leading member
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the former prime minister of Denmark, said the board had the money, membership and independence to act as a cross-industry body.
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