Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.7 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Oversight Board LLC (OSB)
EU Transparency Register
342627244426-89 First registered on 18 Oct 2021
Goals / Remit
The Oversight Board’s goal is to make social media better fairer, safer and more accessible to users. We do this by providing an independent check on Meta's approach to content moderation on Facebook and Instagram, ensuring respect for freedom of expression and human rights. We push Meta to apply rules and make decisions in a way that is principled, transparent and treats all users fairly.
Main EU files targeted
Internet governance policies related to online content moderation and freedom of expression, including:
The EU Digital Services Act, including Article 34 and Systemic Risks
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act
The EU Audio Visual Media Services Regulation
The Code of Conduct on DisinformationAddress
Head Office
125 Wood Street
London EC2V 7AW
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
125 Wood Street
London EC2V 7AW
UNITED KINGDOMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.7
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
The Oversight Board is not a member of any of the bodies listed, nor does it contribute to any.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
47,468,750€
Major funding types in closed year
Member's contributions
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Meta Inc 142,400€ Contribution Meta Inc 42,700€ Other financial info
The Oversight Board Trust is a Delaware non-charitable Trust. The Oversight Board LLC is a wholly owned US registered company of the Oversight Board Trust. The Oversight Board UK is a company limited by guarantee registered in the UK. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Oversight Board LLC.
Meta Inc., is the sole grantor of the Oversight Board Trust. The Oversight Board Trust received top-up funding of $150m in July 2022. This provides the source of funding for the budget of the Oversight Board LLC. The budget for 2023 was USD50 (reflected above in Euro). Meta also provided advertisement credits of $45k in 2023 which was recognized as income in 2023. There are no other contributors. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Meetings with EU officials, briefings and public events to: inform and educate about the Oversight Board's work on content moderation and human rights; understand EU regulation on platforms; to understand how countries outside of the EU will be impacted by EU legislation related to global digital platforms; to understand how the Board's work can be relevant within the framework of the DSA.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
5 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 15 Jul 2022 Location Brussels Subject EMFA, Safety of journalists, media freedom Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 May 2022 Location Brussels Subject Digital Services Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 23 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject Content moderation and DSA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject Digital Services Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject Code of Practice on Disinformation, Political advertising Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
- Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)