[D66] Facebook/Instagram censors op loonlijst Soros

[Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks]

Bron:   Real Clear Investigations
Datum:  4 augustus 2020
Auteur: Sharyl Attkisson
URL:    
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/08/04/factcheck_sidebar_factcheck_sidebar_factcheck_sidebar_factcheck_sidebar__124710.html


Facebook's fact-check board gets a lot of 'likes' from Soros
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In announcing the formation of an independent oversight board with 
authority to allow or remove content from Facebook and Instagram, the 
board's four co-chairs stressed the body's diversity.

'The board members come from different professional, cultural and 
religious backgrounds and have various political viewpoints,' they wrote 
in a New York Times op-ed on May 6. 'Some of us have been publicly 
critical of Facebook; some of us haven't.'

Contemporaneous news articles reinforced this message, reporting that 
the board's ideologically and geographically diverse members criss-cross 
the ideological spectrum.

A closer look, however, reveals that 18 of its 20 members collaborated 
with or are tied to groups that have received funding from George Soros' 
Open Society Foundations - which is one of the most well-funded and 
influential progressive organizations in the country.

Open Society's reach is so vast that simply receiving support from the 
institution is not a proxy for political leanings - one member has 
received support from Soros and the Charles Koch Foundation. But the 
fact that 90% of the board's members have ties to that progressive group 
raises questions in an environment where conservatives complain about 
big-tech bias and internet censorship.

Here's a list of the oversight board's members:

* Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei: A program manager at Soros' Open Society 
Foundations in West Africa.

* Evelyn Aswad (University of Oklahoma): U.S. law professor. Recipient 
of a grant from Knight Foundation, which has partnered with Soros' Open 
Society Foundations. Aswad says corporations should align their 'speech 
codes with international human rights law' and be guided by 
'international law on freedom of expression.'

* Endy Bayuni: Jakarta Post editor. On the board of the Institute for 
Policy Analysis of Conflict in Jakarta, headed by a 'George Soros 
visiting practitioner chair' who previously worked at a Soros-founded 
group.

* Catalina Botero-Marino (co-chair): Dean of a Colombian law school that 
received $1.3 million over two years from Soros' Open Society 
Foundations. Serves on an expert panel of Inter-American Dialogue, 
funded in part by Soros' Open Society Foundations. Also serves as an 
expert for Columbia University's Global Freedom of Expression Project, 
funded in part by Open Society Foundations. Served as a board member of 
Article 19, which received $1.7 million from Open Society Foundations 
over two years.

* Katherine Chen: Academic professor, journalist. Often retweets 
material critical of Donald Trump and supportive of Barack Obama.

* Nighat Dad: Founder and executive director of the Digital Rights 
Foundation, which receives money from Soros' Open Society Foundations, 
and is a project of Artists at Risk Connection, a project of Pen 
America, which is sponsored in part by Soros' Open Society Foundations. 
Served on the board of the Soros-funded Dangerous Speech Project. 
Adviser on Amnesty International's Technology and Human Rights Counsel, 
funded in part by Soros' Open Society Foundations.

* Jamal Greene (co-chair): Columbia University law school professor. 
(The Soros family and Foundations are well known funders of and partners 
with Columbia.) Recently served as aide to California Sen. Kamala 
Harris, who counts Soros among her donors. His Twitter account shows 
that he has sided firmly against President Trump.

* Pamela Karlan: Stanford University Law professor. Member of the Soros 
founded and funded American Constitution Society, which takes a 
'progressive' view of the U.S. Constitution. Supported Trump impeachment 
of and has contributed to Democratic candidates, including Hillary 
Clinton and Elizabeth Warren.

* Tawakkol Karman: Her organization, 'Women Journalists Without Chains,' 
receives funds from Soros' Open Society Foundations. She serves on the 
advisory council of Transparency International, which also receives 
funds from Soros' group.

* Maina Kiai: Director of Human Rights Watch's Alliances and 
Partnerships Initiative, which received $100 million from Open Society 
Foundations. She was founding leader of the Kenya Human Rights 
Commission, which received $615,000 from Soros over two years.

* Sudhir Krishnaswamy: Law school vice chancellor. Co-founder of 
progressive nonprofit Centre for Law and Policy Research, which receives 
major funding from Soros-funded Center for Reproductive Rights, and the 
lesbian rights group Astrea; editor of the International Journal of 
Communications Law & Policy (IJCLP), which received grants from Open 
Society Foundations. Also connected to the Soros-supported Committee on 
Global Thought at Columbia University.

* Ronaldo Lemos: Brazilian law professor. Co-founder of the 
Soros-supported Institute for Technology and Society. Serves on the 
board of the Open Society-funded Mozilla Foundation. Was board member at 
Soros-funded Access Now.

* Michael McConnell (co-chair): Stanford University law professor. Head 
of the Constitutional Law Center, funded by the Soros Open Society 
Foundations-funded American Constitution Society.

* Julie Owono (Stanford University, Harvard University): Head of 
Internet Sans Frontieres, a member of the Soros-funded Global Network 
Initiative.

* Emi Palmor: Former head of the Israeli Ministry of Justice.

* Alan Rusbridger: Former editor in chief of The Guardian. On board of 
the Open Society Foundations-funded Committee to Protect Journalists.

* Andas Sajo: Professor. One of the founders of Soros' Central European 
University. Formerly on board of Soros' Open Society Justice Initiative 
in New York. Former judge of European Court of Human Rights, criticized 
for its alleged conflicts of interests and Soros ties. (An investigation 
found that nearly all the judges on the court received funding from 
Soros' Open Society Foundations.)

* John Samples: Founder of Libertarian Cato Institute's Center for 
Representative Government, founded by former Congressman Lee Hamilton 
(D) who was head of Woodrow Wilson Center, which is funded, in part, by 
Soros' Open Society Foundations. Cato opposes Trump's positions on 
illegal immigration and sees eye to eye on the issue with Soros, who has 
contributed to Cato through Open Society Foundations. Cato is also 
funded by Google, Ford Foundation, and the libertarian Koch interests, 
who also favor more open borders.

* Nicolas Suzor: Law professor at Queensland University of Technology, 
which collaborated and co-funded projects with Soros' Open Society 
Foundations.

* Helle Thorning-Schmidt (co-chair): Denmark's socialist former prime 
minister who advocates 'rethinking' democracy. On board of the Open 
Society Foundations-funded European Council of Foreign Relations. 
Trustee at the Open Society Foundations-funded International Crisis 
Group where George and Alexander Soros sit on the board. Advisory board 
member of Open Society Foundations-funded Atlantic Council. Also sits on 
the Atlantic Council's International Advisory Board, which received 
approximately $325,000 from the Open Society Foundations-funded Center 
for Global Development.

Facebook did not respond to an emailed request for an interview with CEO 
Mark Zuckerberg or a representative.

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