If naming and shaming is not enough to push governments into reform, the commission has powers to recommend sanctions, enforceable unless a weighted majority of ministers blocks them.

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But what's been under discussion so far has included guarantees for minority rights, with a suggested requirement for contentious decisions to be taken by a strongly weighted majority vote.

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You can be forgiven for thinking that Facebook does all of its product innovation through Big Data, analyzing the activities of its billion users and coming up with a nicely wrapped solution based on a weighted majority of crowd preferences.

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