<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear colleagues, please see the message below from a colleague who is seeking information and expertise that could be useful to the Facebook Oversight Board. </div><div>Kind regards, Leigh Swigart</div><div><br></div><div>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none">“My name is Abigail Bridgman and I am a staff member of Facebook's recently created its <a href="https://www.oversightboard.com/" style=""><span class="gmail-s2" style="font-kerning:none">Oversight Board</span></a>. The Board's purpose is to protect free expression by making principled, independent decisions about important pieces of content and by issuing policy advisory opinions on Facebook's content policies in a transparent manner. The Board Members are part time experts from all around the world, supported by a full time staff from the Board Administration.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:11px"><span class="gmail-s2" style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none">With over 3 billion users posting from all around the world in a variety of languages and with varying degrees of literacy, it is anticipated that understanding and interpreting issues relating to the sociocultural aspects of language use, especially in digital spaces and social media, will be a critical component of the Board's work.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(62,0,63);min-height:11px"><span class="gmail-s2" style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span class="gmail-s2" style="font-kerning:none">I am seeking both published resources that could inform the Board about the nuances of digital communication and how they manifest on social media, and expertise by persons doing research in this area. If you could suggest such resources or are interested in interacting with Facebook's Oversight Board on these issues, please send me an email at <a href="mailto:socialmedialanguage7@gmail.com" style=""><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-kerning:none;color:rgb(16,60,192)"><b>socialmedialanguage7@gmail.com</b></span></a>. Please understand that this email address has been created to help me manage the incoming information. Thank you for your time and consideration."</span></p></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">LCJ Hub team<div>International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life</div><div>Brandeis University</div><div>Waltham, MA, USA<br><div><a href="mailto:LCJHub@brandeis.edu" style="color:rgb(51,51,153);font-size:13px" target="_blank">LCJHub@brandeis.edu</a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.brandeis.edu/ethics/internationaljustice/language-culture-justice/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.brandeis.edu/ethics/internationaljustice/language-culture-justice/index.html</a><br></div></div><div>+1 781 736 2694</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>