Meet the three sub-Saharan Africans chosen by Heidrick & Struggles to serve on Facebook’s new oversight board

Meet the three sub-Saharan Africans chosen by Heidrick & Struggles to serve on Facebook’s new oversight board

Ghanaian human rights advocate Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei, Kenyan lawyer Maina Kiai and Cameroonian journalist Julie Owono have been selected by the headhunter firm Heidrick & Struggles to serve on the tech giant’s new content oversight board, created in early 2020.

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            ▪ Meet the three sub-Saharan Africans chosen by Heidrick & Struggles to serve on Facebook’s new oversight board

▪ Ghanaian human rights advocate Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei, Kenyan lawyer Maina Kiai and Cameroonian journalist Julie Owono have been selected by the headhunter firm Heidrick & Struggles to serve on the tech giant’s new content oversight board, created in early 2020.

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Tasked with hearing cases related to content removal decisions made by Facebook and Instagram, the newly-created oversight board, an initiative of the US tech giant, is made up of 20 independent members selected by US headhunter firm Heidrick & Struggles.

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