Why I’m Joining Facebook’s Oversight Board

Why I’m Joining Facebook’s Oversight Board
Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger on why the social media giant ‘needs independent, external oversight’
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May 6, 2020
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Photo: NurPhoto/Getty ImagesAlan Rusbridger was the editor in chief of The Guardian between 1995–2015. He is Principal of Lady Margaret Hall; Chair of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism; and the author of Breaking News: The…
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Principal, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Former editor, The Guardian . Chair, Reuters Institute. Author, Play it Again, Breaking News https://www.arusbridger.com/
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