, Columnist
Zuckerberg’s Supreme Court Can Now Expand Beyond Meta
The panel was initially dismissed as a publicity stunt, but new EU internet rules requiring greater scrutiny could provide a broader raison d’etre.
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It was Mark Zuckerberg’s hope that the independent Oversight Board he launched in 2019 might one day “expand its scope and potentially include more companies across the industry.”
At the time, Facebook’s reputation was in tatters, and the board was dismissed by many as a publicity stunt. But today, as some of the biggest technology companies ready themselves to comply with sweeping new European Union regulations to prevent online harms, an Oversight Board-for-all could suddenly become a viable, dare I say potentially good, idea.