Rachel Wolbers
Rachel Wolbers is the Head of Global Engagement at the Oversight Board where she handles stakeholder engagement on cases and policy issues. Prior to the Oversight Board, she was an internet policy specialist with the Office of International Affairs at the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Before NTIA, Rachel was the policy director at Engine, a non-profit technology policy, research and advocacy organization that bridges the gap between policymakers and startups. Previously, she worked on Capitol Hill for several years. Rachel holds a bachelor’s degree in international economics from George Washington University and a juris doctor degree from Case Western Reserve University, where she served as the managing editor of the university’s Journal of Law, Technology and the Internet.
Session
In this session, participants will gain a better understanding of the complexities of content moderation as well as learn about how the Oversight Board shapes Meta’s online content governance. The Board was set up in 2020 to answer the most difficult questions around freedom of expression, deciding what to take down, what to leave up, and why. By seeing potential cases from around the world, and the various competing elements in each, the audience will learn how and why cases are selected and how a case from one country impacts global moderation on issues like hate speech.