Meta’s Oversight Board says the company should be more careful with automated moderation and criticizes removing a cartoon depicting police violence in Colombia (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Meta’s Oversight Board releases an in-depth report on the controversial cross-check moderation system, calling for “radically” more transparency  —  Meta’s Oversight Board has released an in-depth report on Facebook and Instagram’s controversial cross-check system …

Chavi Mehta / Reuters:
Meta’s Oversight Board says it can make binding decisions to apply a warning screen when “leaving up or restoring qualifying content”, starting this month  —  Meta Platforms Inc’s (META.O) independent oversight board said on Thursday that starting this month it can decide …

CNN:
After a package exploded at Northeastern University’s VR center, sources say it included a rambling note criticizing Mark Zuckerberg and VR  —  Authorities in Boston have launched an investigation after a package sent to Northeastern University exploded and injured a staff member Tuesday evening, officials said.

Steven Levy / Wired:
Inside Meta’s Oversight Board after two years: $150M funding through 2025, ~2M appeals, 28 rulings, and 119 recommendations, as it begins to win over critics  —  Mark Zuckerberg set up the panel to investigate how his company handles controversial posts.  Now its members want to transform how social platforms work.

Andrew Ackerman / Wall Street Journal:
SEC Chair Gary Gensler signals support for Congress giving the CFTC oversight on bitcoin and ether, as long as the SEC retains its power  —  Former CFTC chief says he could back giving agency oversight of nonsecurity tokens  —  WASHINGTON—Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler signaled …

Rasbora.dev:
A developer who ran a DDoS-for-hire “empire” criticizes Cloudflare for protecting the DDoS industry while selling services to mitigate such attacks  —  Today CloudFlare is in the spotlight for their decision to revoke access to a website behind their network …