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Maurice Turner

Nationality:

American
Occupation:

Former Public Policy Manager, Meta
Residence:

Washington, D.C.

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Maurice Turner is a member of the advisory board of the left-of-center election administration group Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL). Until November 2022, Turner was a public policy manager at social media company Meta, parent company of Facebook. 1 In his role, he developed “community standards” relative to election-related policies, civic issues, and political advertising 2 that are enforced on Facebook by a global pool of content moderators. 3

Previously, Turner held positions with the Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD), 4 a project of the left-of-center German Marshall Fund of the United States, 5 left-of-center Center for Democracy and Technology, 6 New America, 7 and  the United States Election Assistance Commission. 8

Career

Maurice Turner is a member of the advisory committee of the left-of-center election advocacy group  Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL). 9

Until November 2022, 10 Turner was also a public policy manager at social media company Meta, parent company of Facebook. In his role, Turner supported the development of “community standards” relative to election-related policies, civic issues, and political advertising 11 that are then enforced on Facebook by an international pool of content moderators. 12

Turner supports the concept of remote digital voting 13 and has called content moderation at scale on Twitter prior to its acquisition by Elon Musk a “feature, not a bug.” 14 He supports changing the names of concepts such as  “whitelist” and “blacklist” to make technology more “inclusive” 15  and supported the nomination and confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. 16 Turner has also re-tweeted content on Twitter by the United Nations Human Rights Council that labeled disinformation a “human rights issue.” 17

Prior to joining CTCL and Meta, Turner held various cybersecurity and election-related positions. From April 2021 until December 2021, Turner was a cybersecurity fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD), 18 a project of the left-of-center German Marshall Fund of the United States. His work there focused on the intersection of cyber policy and democracy. 19

From March 2020 until November 2020, Turner was a senior advisor to the executive director of the United States Election Assistance Commission, where he worked on issues including cybersecurity and COVID-19 response guidelines. Turner worked for the center-left Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) where he was the deputy director of the Internet Architecture Project, overseeing CDT’s Election Security and Privacy Project. 20

Turner was a cybersecurity policy fellow for left-of-center New America from September 2017 until August 2018, a Congressional Innovation Fellow with the New America-sponsored TechCongress from 2017 until 2018, and a Congressional Innovation Fellow assigned to the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee from February 2017 to December 2017. 21

Turner has also held various jobs in the local governments of Washington, D.C., and Newport Beach, California. He was a fellow with the Coro Foundation from 2001 until 2002. 22

Personal Information

Maurice Turner holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from California State University, Fullerton, and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Southern California. He also holds a certificate in cybersecurity strategy from Georgetown University. 23 Turner lives in Washington, D.C. 24

References

  1. “Tweet.” Maurice Turner Twitter. Posted November 10, 2022. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://twitter.com/TypeMRT/status/1590767230702100482?cxt=HHwWhIClpceXxZMsAAAA.
  2. “Maurice Turner.” LinkedIn Profile. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurice-turner/.
  3. “Case Study: Facebook.” New America. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/everything-moderation-analysis-how-internet-platforms-are-using-artificial-intelligence-moderate-user-generated-content/case-study-facebook/.
  4. “Advisory Committee.” Center for Tech and Civic Life. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.techandciviclife.org/advisory-committee/.
  5. “Maurice Turner.” LinkedIn Profile. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurice-turner/.
  6. “Advisory Committee.” Center for Tech and Civic Life. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.techandciviclife.org/advisory-committee/.
  7. “Maurice Turner.” LinkedIn Profile. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurice-turner/details/experience/.
  8. “Advisory Committee.” Center for Tech and Civic Life. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.techandciviclife.org/advisory-committee/.
  9. “Advisory Committee.” Center for Tech and Civic Life. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.techandciviclife.org/advisory-committee/.
  10. “Tweet.” Maurice Turner Twitter. Posted November 10, 2022. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://twitter.com/TypeMRT/status/1590767230702100482?cxt=HHwWhIClpceXxZMsAAAA.
  11. “Maurice Turner.” LinkedIn Profile. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurice-turner/.
  12. “Case Study: Facebook.” New America. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/everything-moderation-analysis-how-internet-platforms-are-using-artificial-intelligence-moderate-user-generated-content/case-study-facebook/.
  13. [1] “Tweet.” Maurice Turner Twitter. Posted September 8, 2021. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://twitter.com/TypeMRT/status/1435629829911678982?cxt=HHwWjMC4javusOwnAAAA.
  14. “Tweet.” Maurice Turner Twitter. Posted April 18, 2022. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://twitter.com/TypeMRT/status/1516021693722116100?cxt=HHwWiIC-4dfs_okqAAAA.
  15. Turner, Maurice. “Maurice Turner on Tackling the Remnants of Systemic Discrimination in the Tech Industry at Def Con.” German Marshall Fund. August 6, 2021. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/maurice-turner-on-tackling-the-remnants-of-systematic-discrimination-in-the-tech-industry-at-def-con/.
  16. “Tweet.” Maurice Turner Twitter. Posted February 25, 2022. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://twitter.com/TypeMRT/status/1497270262714318849?cxt=HHwWgoC-3d_Xr8cpAAAA.
  17. “Tweet.” United Nations Human Rights Council. Posted July 11, 2022. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://twitter.com/UN_HRC/status/1546474406750339073?cxt=HHwWgoCyyfCRl_YqAAAA.
  18. “Advisory Committee.” Center for Tech and Civic Life. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.techandciviclife.org/advisory-committee/.
  19. “Maurice Turner.” LinkedIn Profile. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurice-turner/.
  20. “Advisory Committee.” Center for Tech and Civic Life. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.techandciviclife.org/advisory-committee/.
  21. “Maurice Turner.” LinkedIn Profile. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurice-turner/details/experience/.
  22. “Maurice Turner.” LinkedIn Profile. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurice-turner/.
  23.  “Advisory Committee.” Center for Tech and Civic Life. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.techandciviclife.org/advisory-committee/.
  24. “Maurice Turner.” LinkedIn Profile. Accessed January 12, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurice-turner/.
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