The Oversight Board expands its scope

From 'leave it up' to 'take it down,' all over again

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The story of American social networks is one of companies gradually shifting from fighting really hard to keep posts up to fighting equally hard to take them down. Facebook’s independent Oversight Board, which began hearing cases last year, is following a similar path.

At launch, the board could only hear appeals from people wh…