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by intended 22 days ago
The ideas behind these bodies is really cool, and is actually a policy that is a great start to build further on.

The idea is that users can send moderation actions to be reviewed to an independent body. Users pay 10% to 20% of the cost and the platform pays the remainder.

The out of court settlement body then reviews the case, and provides a verdict.

This way there is actually an avenue of recourse that isn’t just the platform, and its external review.

I do not believe there are any penalties that can be issued.

They came into existence about a year or two ago, so they are pretty new, so room for improvement exists.