Facebook are funding an 'independent' oversight committee to tell them that their decision making was correct. I think it achieves a you things for them: 1. Su

Facebook are funding an 'independent' oversight committee to tell them that their decision making was correct. I think it achieves a you things for them: 1. Suggests to regulators that regulation is not needed, as they have self imposed regulation. This way, it only needs to appear to work, rather than actually work. 2. Shifts the blame of the decision to an independent board, which can later be thrown under the bus if required.