Facebook’s Oversight Board Calls for More Equitable Censorship

Facebook’s Oversight Board Calls for More Equitable Censorship
A smartphone with Facebook's logo is seen with new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration taken on Oct. 28, 2021. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Facebook parent Meta’s Oversight Board, the quasi-independent body that advises the social media giant on content policy, has issued a report warning of flaws in the company’s “cross-check” system that gives more leeway to high-profile users to post violating content.

The advisory panel has urged Meta to modify cross-check, which it calls a “false-positive mistake-prevention” program, including making it more transparent, more universally accessible, and in some cases, more strict in its censorship.

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Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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