Aligning content moderation with human rights principles
Channel: Access Now
Date: 2021-06-10

This session explored the Oversight Board’s role in respecting human rights and reviewing some of the most difficult questions around freedom of expression online: what to take down, what to leave up, and why. Since hearing its first cases in 2020, this session delved into the impact human rights had on the Board's decisions and how tech companies could align content moderation practices with human rights principles.  How has the Board reviewed content enforcement decisions to determine if they were consistent with international human rights principles?   How have the Board's decisions considered human rights other than freedom of expression? What have been the most difficult decisions so far?

Speakers:
David Kaye, Clinical Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine; former U.N. Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression
Evelyn Aswad, Professor of Law and Herman G. Kaiser Chair in International Law, University of Oklahoma
Maina Kiai, Member, Oversight Board
Nighat Dad, Executive Director, Digital Rights Foundation