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Will Facebooks 'Oversights Board' work? We speak to one of its founders Alan Rusbridger

Facebook is facing battles on several fronts. The new 'Oversight Board' is made up of luminaries from around the world but how will it work? Or is it just a smokescreen?

Facebook is facing battles on several fronts - a raft of big companies and now the labour party boycotting advertising on the platform because of the way FB is said to amplify division and hate speech; regular missteps over decisions over which content to ban and allow and indeed its handling of Trump's messaging.
It has always fought hard not to be treated as a media company but something had to give and its latest effort is to launch an 'Oversight Board' made up of luminaries from around the world. How will it work? Will it have any teeth? Or is it just a smokescreen - a sop to its critics?
We speak in depth to Alan Rusbridger who is one of the founder members.
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