# Facebook's Oversight Board is finally hearing cases, two years after it was first announced

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**Created:** [October 22, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.thelastforum.com/t/facebooks-oversight-board-is-finally-hearing-cases-two-years-after-it-was-first-announced/2060 "2020-10-22T16:57:47Z")\
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Facebook's court-like Oversight Board for appealing content decisions will now begin receiving cases, officials said Thursday, marking the launch of what CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised two years ago would be an independent accountability mechanism for the world's largest social media platform.

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