Yet the process of developing the board proved time consuming, and the company faced widespread backlash for not having it up and running by the summer of 2020, as an impending election and racial reckoning forced new content moderation challenges. The bylaws also ignited criticism, as experts worried the board’s authority would be too limited, especially because it can only make recommendations – not binding decisions – when it comes to company policies (decisions on individual cases, like Trump’s, are binding).
