Facebook Oversight Board Member Karlan Joins Biden Administration’s DOJ

Facebook Oversight Board Member Karlan Joins Biden Administration’s DOJ
Pamela Karlan of Stanford University testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, on Dec. 4, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Petr Svab
Petr Svab
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A law professor who’s been a member of Facebook’s oversight board has stepped down to accept a position in the Biden administration’s Department of Justice, the board said.

Stanford University Law School’s Pamela Karlan will serve as principal deputy assistant attorney general in the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, after spending less than a year on the Facebook board set up in 2019 to review the social media platform’s content-policing decisions.

Petr Svab
Petr Svab
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Petr Svab is a reporter covering New York. Previously, he covered national topics including politics, economy, education, and law enforcement.
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