I find it highly amusing that they wrote this like they were judges issuing a legal opinion. The board has some fabulous lawyers, so I get it, but at bottom it's just a for-profit company making a product decision. https://www.oversightboard.com/decision/FB-691QAMHJ

Some are suggesting that Facebook is actually pretty government-like given its impact, so I will stop tweeting before the Facebook Police arrest me and send me to Facebook Jail. #Resistance

Seriously, though, I get that FB's business model is pushing them to seem more government-like: You sell your ads at a higher rate if you have more people on FB, and less real govt regulation, b/c people see it as fair. Just amusing b/c the point, in the end, is selling ads.

And that's not a criticism: FB is a for-profit business with shareholders, and it should be trying to make as much money as it legally can. They make a bundle, and good for them. Just funny that the business strategy here involves sounding like a government, which it isn't.

I'm vaguely reminded of this short article I wrote a while back on "Criminal Law in Virtual Worlds," basically saying, "c'mon, folks, they're just video games." https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1432&context=uclf