Facebook announces first members of new oversight board on content moderation

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Facebook on Wednesday announced the first 20 members of a new board that will have the final say on what posts should stay on their websites, and what posts should come down. The group includes a former prime minister of Denmark, a Yemeni Nobel laureate, and human rights activists from Pakistan and West Africa. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou tells host Marco Werman about the latest. 

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