Meet Afia Asantewaa the Ghanaian lady who sits on Facebook’s new Oversight Board

- Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei has made Ghana proud as she has been appointed as part of Facebook's new Oversight Board

- The purpose of the newly instituted Oversight Board is to review certain content decisions by Facebook and Instagram regarding human rights

- The Ghanaian lady is one of only 3 Africans who got appointed to join the highly esteemed board

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Ghanaian lady by name Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei has become one of the three Africans who have been appointed to join Facebook's newly created Oversight Board.

A report by Thebftonline.com indicates that the said Oversight Board was instituted to review certain content decisions by Facebook and Instagram and make binding decisions based on respect for freedom of expression and human rights.

Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei's appointment happened on March 7, 2020, which made the whole Ghana very proud of her.

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The other two African's Afia has joined on the 20-member Oversight Board include, Julie Owono, a digital rights advocate and Executive Director of Internet Sans Frontières from Cameroon.

The last person is called Maina Kiai who is a human rights activist and Director of Human Rights Watch’s Global Alliances and Partnerships program from Kenya.

Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei herself is a human rights lawyer and Program Manager at the Open Society Initiative for West Africa from Ghana, Senegal and South Africa.

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Speaking about her new role, the Ghanaian lady mentions that the very act of creating the Board shows Facebook has taken the criticism levelled against it seriously and hoped her membership can help address some of the criticisms.

In another interesting report, two Ghanaian women who have been spotted in town with no regard for COVID-19 prevention measures, have explained why they do not mind being exposed.

In a video sighted by the women vehemently explained that they carry the name of Jesus which is more powerful than any virus and therefore do not fear the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of them indicated that she did not actually believe that the novel coronavirus was in Ghana and even if it were, she had the name of Jesus to protect her.

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