Draft:Nicolas Suzor

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Nicolas Suzor (born 19__) is an Australian legal scholar and an associate law professor at Queensland University of Technology. As of 2021, he serves as a member of Facebook's independent Oversight Board.[1]

Suzor received his bachelors, masters, and Ph.D. degrees from Queensland University of Technology.

Associate law professor at Queensland University of Technology in Australia who studies the governance of social networks and the regulation of automated systems.[2]

A Queensland University of Technology Law School professor who focuses on the governance of social networks and the regulation of automated systems, and has published a book on internet governance.[3]

"A professor at Queensland University of Technology's law school and its digital media research centre, Suzor has studied tech regulation for 15 years".[4]

In 2022, Suzor published a study coauthored with Rosalie Gillett on the Reddit incel community, observing how punitive measures taken against members of the community only pushed them deeper into their ideologies.[5]

Nicolas Suzor, a professor at Queensland's University of Technology School of Law and member of the Oversight Board, told the Guardian that the announcement "follows through on [Meta's] commitments to us to develop clear and accountable processes in high profile cases like this".[6]

In July 2023, following a recommendation from the oversight board to deplatform Cambodian head of state Hun Sen, the government of Cambodia listed Suzor as one of 22 people connected with Meta who were banned from entering the country.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Announcing the First Members of the Oversight Board". Oversight Board. Oversight Board. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  2. ^ Culliford, Elizabeth (May 6, 2020). "Factbox: Who are the first members of Facebook's oversight board?". Reuters.
  3. ^ Ingram, David (May 6, 2020). "Facebook names 20 people to its 'Supreme Court' for content moderation". NBC News.
  4. ^ Koziol, Michael (May 8, 2021). "Meet the Australian on Facebook's 'Supreme Court'". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. ^ Kim, Eunice (September 25, 2022). "What Reddit did for accountability". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Lock, Samantha (January 26, 2023). "'Reckless': Fury among rights groups as Facebook lifts Trump ban". The Guardian.
  7. ^ "Cambodia bans 22 members of the Board of Directors of Meta Platforms. Inc from entering country - Khmer Times". July 4, 2023.

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