Article by Thomas Lifson in The American Thinker
Facebook’s ‘oversight’ board that muzzled Trump is 75% composed of foreign nationals
How is it that foreign nationals are in a position to prevent any American political figures, up to and including a former president, from communicating with fellow Americans? Yet, the mysterious semi-independent “Oversight” Board of Facebook is comprised of 20 people, only 5 of whom are Americans. Both co-chairs are foreigners.
Here is the board:
Name |
Country |
Term |
Details |
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Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Co-chair |
Denmark |
2020-present |
Former prime minister of Denmark |
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Catalina Botero Marino, Co-chair |
2020–Present |
Dean of Law Faculty at Universidad de los Andes |
|
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Jamal Greene, Co-chair |
2020–Present |
Columbia Law School Professor |
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Michael W. McConnell, Co-chair |
2020–Present |
Stanford Law School Professor |
|
|
2020–Present |
Human rights lawyer |
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|
2020–Present |
University of Oklahoma College of Law Professor |
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|
2020–Present |
Journalist |
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|
2020–Present |
Public relations and statistics professor at National Chengchi University |
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|
2020–Present |
Lawyer and internet activist |
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|
2020–Present |
Journalist and human rights activist |
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|
2020–Present |
Lawyer and human rights activist |
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2020–Present |
Vice-Chancellor of the National Law School of India University |
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|
2020–Present |
Lawyer and academic |
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|
2020–Present |
Lawyer and executive director of Internet Sans Frontières |
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|
2020–Present |
Former Director General of Israeli Ministry of Justice |
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|
2020–Present |
Journalist |
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|
2020–Present |
Legal Scholar |
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|
2020–Present |
Vice President of the Cato Institute |
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2020–Present |
Queensland University of Technology Law Professor |
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2021–Present |
CEO of PEN America |
Foreign interference in American elections? Hampering political speech seems like interference to me.
