Meet Sudhir Krishnaswamy, the Indian face on Facebook’s oversight board

It’s an exciting prospect,” says Sudhir Krishnaswamy after a day filled with videoconferences. The vice-chancellor of the National Law School of India University has been appointed to the newly created oversight board — comprising independent members from around the world — that will make binding decisions on what content Facebook and Instagram (which Facebook owns) should allow or remove, based on respect for freedom of expression and human rights.

It’s an important milestone for the Menlo Park-HQed company, which under its wing has several powerful tools. The company’s CEO has said: “In 2018, I outlined the idea for an independent oversight board. Since then, we’ve consulted with thousands of academics, NGOs and other experts around the world.