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Endy M. BAYUNI
Mr. Bayuni is a senior Indonesian journalist with a career spanning nearly 38 years, mostly with the English-language The Jakarta Post. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Post in 2004–2010 and 2016–2018. He is a regular commentator on Indonesian politics, Indonesia’s foreign policy, and the changing media landscape, with his opinion pieces appearing in the Post and various international publications. In April 2020, he joined the Facebook Oversight Board to strengthen the platform’s content moderation efforts. Mr. Bayuni is founding board member of the International Association of Religion Journalists. He is a recipient of various fellowship programs, including 1 year as senior fellow at the East-West Center office in Washington, DC in 2011; as a Nieman fellow at Harvard University in 2003–2004; and as a Jefferson fellow at the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii in 1999.
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ndy M. Bayuni, senior editor of The Jakarta Post and former editor in chief, has been appointed the first Indonesian member of the newly established Facebook Oversight Board.
Endy will join 19 other board members from 16 countries, including journalists, former judges, and human rights activists. The board has been described as Facebook’s “supreme court” and will be responsible for reviewing Facebook and Instagram content decisions and making “binding decisions based on respect for freedom of expression and human rights”.
“I’m a Facebook user, and while I see the benefits of the platform, I also see big issues related to content,” Endy told the Post on Thursday. “On the one hand, we have to protect freedom of speech, but we cannot let free speech lead to harassment or violence. I hope that as part of the Oversight Board I can help to address this balance.”
Endy said he was selected because of his ba
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