WASHINGTON — Paolo Carozza, a Notre Dame law professor and leading international human-rights expert, has long grappled with the threat to human dignity — earning him the notice of Pope Francis, who tapped him for a lifetime appointment to the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
Today, as co-chair of Meta’s Oversight Board — created by CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2018 to help restore public trust amid accusations of disinformation and censorship — Carozza has turned his attention to the challenges of the digital age, both in his role as a watchdog for the tech giant and in his academic work.
This isn’t a career shift. According to Carozza, Meta — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads — recruited him to serve on its oversight board because of his extensive background in international human rights.
Prior to his appointment at Meta in 2022, Carozza taught law and political science at Notre Dame, and served as a professor of law and political science, and as director of the university’s Kellogg Institute for International Studies. He served as the United States’ member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) where he advised Ukraine on reforming
