Facebook asks Oversight Board for guidance on ‘cross-check’ system
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook asks Oversight Board for guidance on ‘cross-check’ system

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc said Tuesday it will ask its independent Oversight Board for recommendations on how to improve its cross-check system, an internal program the social media company says is used to double check enforcement actions against certain users. Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported millions of Facebook accounts belonging to celebrities, politicians and other high profile users are exempt from its rules under the system, allowing them to post rule-violating content. The Oversight Board said Tuesday it looked forward to receiving Facebook's formal request, adding "we will be engaging with diverse civil society leaders, researchers and other voices as we work to scrutinise these crucial issues." Facebook said it will seek the board's guidance on the criteria it uses to "determine what is prioritised for a secondary review via cross-check, as well as how we manage the program."

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Meta oversight board urges changes to VIP moderation system
2 years, 1 month ago

Meta oversight board urges changes to VIP moderation system

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta's quasi-independent oversight board said on December 6 that an internal system that exempted high-profile users, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, from some or all of its content moderation rules needs a major overhaul. The Oversight Board's report said that the system — known as “XCheck,” or cross-check — resulted in users being treated unequally and that …

Meta oversight board urges overhauling VIP moderation system
2 years, 1 month ago

Meta oversight board urges overhauling VIP moderation system

LA Times  

The oversight board for Facebook parent Meta said its “XCheck,” or cross-check, system resulted in users being treated unequally and that it led to delays in taking down content that violated the rules. Facebook parent Meta’s quasi-independent oversight board said Tuesday that an internal system that exempted high-profile users, including former President Trump, from some or all of its content …

Facebook Oversight Board member calls for more transparency
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Oversight Board member calls for more transparency

CNN  

New York, NY CNN — As more of Facebook’s internal documents are revealed, Facebook Oversight Board member and PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel emphasized that the platform must do a better job with transparency. The Oversight Board’s first report, released last week, revealed that the group of independent content moderators prompted Facebook to restore more than 30 pieces of content …

Facebook’s oversight board seeks details on VIPs’ treatment
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook’s oversight board seeks details on VIPs’ treatment

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Facebook’s semi-independent oversight board says the company has fallen short of full disclosure on its internal system that exempts high-profile users from some or all of its content rules. The report said Facebook wrongly failed to mention the XCheck system when it asked the board earlier this year to rule on its ban on former President Donald Trump’s …

Oversight Board slams Facebook for giving special treatment to high-profile users
3 years, 2 months ago

Oversight Board slams Facebook for giving special treatment to high-profile users

NPR  

Oversight Board slams Facebook for giving special treatment to high-profile users Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Jeff Chiu/AP Facebook's Oversight Board said in a report on Thursday that the social network "has not been fully forthcoming" about how it lets millions of prominent users escape the content moderation rules it applies to everyone else, a practice known inside …

Facebook oversight board to review ‘XCheck’ system for VIPs
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook oversight board to review ‘XCheck’ system for VIPs

The Hindu  

Facebook’s semi-independent oversight board says it will review the company’s ‘XCheck’ or cross check system, following an investigation by The Wall Street Journal into the use of this internal system that has exempted high-profile users from some or all of its rules. The Journal ’s report found that many VIP users abuse the system, “posting material including harassment and incitement …

FB says its rules apply to all. Company documents reveal secret exempted elites
3 years, 3 months ago

FB says its rules apply to all. Company documents reveal secret exempted elites

Live Mint  

Mark Zuckerberg has publicly said Facebook Inc. allows its more than three billion users to speak on equal footing with the elites of politics, culture and journalism, and that its standards of behavior apply to everyone, no matter their status or fame. A 2019 internal review of Facebook’s whitelisting practices, marked attorney-client privileged, found favoritism to those users to be …

Facebook shields VIPs from some of its rules: report
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook shields VIPs from some of its rules: report

The Hindu  

Facebook exempts certain celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users from some its own rules for posts as part of a programme launched as a quality-control mechanism, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The programme, referred to as "cross check" or "XCheck," shields millions of elite users from rules that Facebook claims to apply equally at the social network, according …

Facebook allows VIP users to flout rules that other users have to follow, says report
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook allows VIP users to flout rules that other users have to follow, says report

India Today  

Facebook seems to have different rules for different users especially if it is public figure, Facebook is apparently not very stern. The report states that Facebook runs a program called “XCheck”, which allows celebrities including actors, politicians and others to bypass the rules and guidelines that are followed by average users. The documents obtained by Wall Street Journal reveals that …

Facebook 'lost' important rule on dangerous individuals for three years - oversight board
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook 'lost' important rule on dangerous individuals for three years - oversight board

The Hindu  

Facebook "misplaced" guidance on an important exemption to its rules on dangerous individuals and organisations for three years, the company's independent oversight board said on Thursday. The board, which was created by the company to rule on a small slice of contentious content decisions, said it had overturned Facebook's original removal of an Instagram post encouraging people to talk about …

Opinion: Trump is banned for now, but Facebook still needs to change its policies
3 years, 8 months ago

Opinion: Trump is banned for now, but Facebook still needs to change its policies

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Ann M. Ravel is the Digital Deception Project director at MapLight and previously served as chair of the Federal Election Commission. The decision from the Facebook Oversight Board to uphold the suspension on former President Donald Trump’s account marks a short-term step to limit the spread of dangerous online disinformation. Eliminate the ‘newsworthiness standard’ Before the violent insurrection …

Facebook’s oversight board: Watchdog or distraction?
3 years, 8 months ago

Facebook’s oversight board: Watchdog or distraction?

Associated Press  

Facebook’s oversight board, which on Wednesday upheld the company’s ban of former President Donald Trump, also had some harsh words for the company. Calling Facebook’s indefinite ban of Trump a “vague, standardless penalty,” the board accused Facebook -- its corporate sponsor -- of seeking to ”avoid its responsibilities” by asking its quasi-independent oversight group to resolve the issue. “They want …

Explainer | What is Facebook’s Oversight Board?
3 years, 8 months ago

Explainer | What is Facebook’s Oversight Board?

The Hindu  

Facebook’s Oversight Board on Wednesday upheld the social media network’s decision on January 7 to block the then-US President Donald Trump from its platform. Facebook had decided to indefinitely block Mr. Trump for using the platform to, as its CEO Mark Zuckerberg put it then, “incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government.” A day earlier, with just two weeks …

Factbox: What is Facebook's Oversight Board & How Does it Decide on Banning Users
3 years, 8 months ago

Factbox: What is Facebook's Oversight Board & How Does it Decide on Banning Users

News 18  

Facebook’s oversight board on Wednesday upheld former US President Donald Trump‘s suspension from the platform. The board, which some have dubbed Facebook Inc’s “Supreme Court,” can overturn the company’s decisions on whether some individual pieces of content should be displayed on Facebook or its photo-sharing platform Instagram. The board, which only makes rulings on a small slice of Facebook’s content …

Facebook oversight board upholds Donald Trump’s suspension
3 years, 8 months ago

Facebook oversight board upholds Donald Trump’s suspension

Al Jazeera  

Facebook suspended the US president for inciting violence in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. “The Board has upheld Facebook’s decision on January 7, 2021, to restrict then-President Donald Trump’s access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account,” the 20-person panel said in its decision. Without access to Facebook or Twitter, which unlike Facebook permanently banned …

What is the Facebook Oversight Board?
3 years, 8 months ago

What is the Facebook Oversight Board?

CNN  

CNN Business — The decision not to allow former President Donald Trump back on Facebook is the biggest, most contentious and most controversial single content moderation determination the company has ever made. The board’s decision, announced Wednesday, upheld Facebook’s move to suspend Trump from its platforms, but said Facebook could not impose what it called the “arbitrary” penalty of an …

Everyone On Facebook’s Oversight Board Should Resign
3 years, 8 months ago

Everyone On Facebook’s Oversight Board Should Resign

Wired  

The Facebook Oversight Board is on the cusp of deciding whether Donald Trump should be allowed to return to a platform he used to incite racist violence. The board’s toothlessness became even more apparent as Facebook allowed Trump to repeat claims of election fraud, which set the stage for the deadly white-supremacist insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. …

Trump has asked Facebook to let him back on in new appeal to Oversight Board
3 years, 10 months ago

Trump has asked Facebook to let him back on in new appeal to Oversight Board

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump has appealed directly to Facebook’s Oversight Board to …

Facebook's oversight board to decide on Trump's ban
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook's oversight board to decide on Trump's ban

India TV News  

Facebook has asked its independent experts to take a decision on continuation of its ban on former US President Donald Trump. The Oversight Board, an independent body created by Facebook three years ago, on Thursday said it has accepted a case referral from the social media giant to examine its decision to indefinitely suspend Trump's access to post content on …

Facebook sends decision to ban Trump to its new oversight board
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook sends decision to ban Trump to its new oversight board

Al Jazeera  

Facebook suspended the accounts of former US President Donald Trump following the January 6 siege on the US Capitol by his supporters. Facebook Inc said on Thursday that it was referring its decision to indefinitely suspend the accounts of former United States President Donald Trump to its independent oversight board. Facebook blocked Trump’s access to his Facebook and Instagram accounts …

Facebook Oversight Board Picks Its First Cases: Here Are The Six Cases, Ranging From Hate Speech to Nudity
4 years, 1 month ago

Facebook Oversight Board Picks Its First Cases: Here Are The Six Cases, Ranging From Hate Speech to Nudity

News 18  

Facebook’s independent Oversight Board has announced the first six cases where it could overrule the social media company’s decisions to remove certain pieces of content from its platforms. “It’s not that easy… for an algorithm to get the context of such speech.” Following are the six cases chosen by the Facebook oversight board: -A screenshot of tweets by former Malaysian …

From hate speech to nudity, Facebook's oversight board picks its first cases
4 years, 1 month ago

From hate speech to nudity, Facebook's oversight board picks its first cases

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc's independent Oversight Board announced on Tuesday the first six cases where it could overrule the social media company's decisions to remove certain pieces of content from its platforms. An Oversight Board spokesman said hate-speech cases had been “the most significant proportion” of appeals received. Greene said the cases, which also involved content removed over rules on adult nudity, …

The Real Facebook Oversight Board’ launches. Why an external team is building it?
4 years, 3 months ago

The Real Facebook Oversight Board’ launches. Why an external team is building it?

The Hindu  

A group of academicians, researchers, and civil right leaders launched on Wednesday ‘The Real Facebook Oversight Board’ to discuss Facebook’s role in the upcoming U.S. election. Enter, the ‘Real Facebook Oversight Board’ Critics argue that an oversight board is needed around this time of election as a lot of misinformation and propaganda find their way into social media via political …

Facebook critics launch rival ‘oversight board’, say company is taking too long to set up its own panel
4 years, 3 months ago

Facebook critics launch rival ‘oversight board’, say company is taking too long to set up its own panel

Firstpost  

The critics are warning that Facebook is already being used to undermine the integrity of the US presidential election. A group of prominent Facebook critics, including one of the social network’s early investors and a journalist facing jail time in the Philippines, are launching their version of an “oversight board” to rival the company’s own. The critics, who include early …

Facebook's Oversight Board Says it Expects to Consider 'Highly Challenging Cases', to Begin Operating in Coming Months
4 years, 4 months ago

Facebook's Oversight Board Says it Expects to Consider 'Highly Challenging Cases', to Begin Operating in Coming Months

News 18  

Facebook's Oversight Board has said it will be within its scope to examine how the social media giant treats posts from public figures that may violate community standards and are the type of "highly challenging cases" that the board expects to consider once it starts functioning. An Oversight Board spokesperson said the board, comprising independent expert members from around the …

Facebook has announced the first 20 members of its independent, external Oversight Board: Here is the complete list
4 years, 8 months ago

Facebook has announced the first 20 members of its independent, external Oversight Board: Here is the complete list

Firstpost  

The board, which is expected to start hearing cases this summer, is planned to grow to about 40 members. Facebook on Wednesday named the first members of its independent oversight board, which will be able to overturn the company’s decisions on individual pieces of content and recommend policy changes. pic.twitter.com/QVSDD9D0zU — Oversight Board May 6, 2020 Other members Afia Asantewaa …

Facebook announces 20-member Oversight Board to moderate Posts, Pages and Profiles
4 years, 8 months ago

Facebook announces 20-member Oversight Board to moderate Posts, Pages and Profiles

India Today  

Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday announced a 20-member Oversight Board, which is also being dubbed as the “Supreme Court” of the platform. The decision to appoint a board came after CEO and Founder Mark Zuckerberg outlined a new blueprint for content governance wherein he stated that the social networking site alone should not make decisions about free expressions and …

Facebook now has a ‘Supreme Court’ to take appeals against content takedowns
4 years, 8 months ago

Facebook now has a ‘Supreme Court’ to take appeals against content takedowns

Live Mint  

Facebook today announced the first 20 members of its previously announced Oversight Board, which will act as a “Supreme Court" for the platform, on decisions about how content is moderated on Instagram and Facebook. It will also influence Facebook’s overall policy around content sharing through the decisions it makes, and operates over and above Facebook’s current moderation methods, which include …

Facebook commits $130mn to build Global Oversight Board
5 years ago

Facebook commits $130mn to build Global Oversight Board

India TV News  

Facebook has made an initial commitment of $130 million to build a global oversight board that will ensure good governance and accountability across its services and platforms. The initial funding will cover operational costs such as office space, staff and travel expenses and should allow the board to operate for at least its first two full terms, approximately six years, …

A Facebook oversight board to soon decide what material belongs on the platform
5 years, 2 months ago

A Facebook oversight board to soon decide what material belongs on the platform

Firstpost  

The oversight board’s rulings will be binding in individual cases, but broader policy findings will be advisory. A new quasi-independent oversight board will soon make decisions on some of the most difficult questions on what material belongs on Facebook’s platform in a “very public way,” an executive for the social-media company said Friday. The board will consider a small number …

Facebook to name first oversight panel members by year-end
5 years, 3 months ago

Facebook to name first oversight panel members by year-end

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Facebook said Tuesday that it expects to name the first members of a new quasi-independent oversight board by year-end. “Facebook is attempting to normalize an approach to containing hate speech internally,” said Dipayan Ghosh, a former Facebook policy adviser and a fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School. Priority cases will involve content that “threatens someone else’s voice, safety, privacy, …

Facebook outlines ideas for 'external oversight board', to finalise board by August
5 years, 6 months ago

Facebook outlines ideas for 'external oversight board', to finalise board by August

Firstpost  

Facebook’s says that its board will function as an independent court of appeals on content decisions. Facebook Inc on Thursday released the findings from its consultations with outside experts into its content review process, providing a glimpse into how its plans for a proposed “external oversight board” might take shape. Facebook has been soliciting feedback over the past six months …

Facebook reveals findings from experts as it plans to set up external oversight board
5 years, 6 months ago

Facebook reveals findings from experts as it plans to set up external oversight board

Firstpost  

Facebook has been seeking feedback from more than 650 people in 88 countries on its draft plan for the board. Facebook on Thursday released the findings from its consultations with outside experts into its content review process, providing a glimpse into how its plans for a proposed “external oversight board” might take shape. Facebook has been soliciting feedback over the …

Facebook takes steps toward an Oversight Board with new report.
5 years, 6 months ago

Facebook takes steps toward an Oversight Board with new report.

Slate  

Every week it seems there is a new controversy about content on tech platforms: Alex Jones deplatforming; YouTube’s decision to not take down the conservative commentator Steven Crowder; Faebook’s decision to keep up the “drunk Nancy Pelosi” video. Six months ago Facebook vice president of global affairs and communications Nick Clegg announced in a company press release that the platform …

Facebook wants user feedback before setting up it's content oversight board
5 years, 9 months ago

Facebook wants user feedback before setting up it's content oversight board

Firstpost  

Social media giants like Facebook are responsible for keeping the online community safe while giving people freedom to express their opinion. In order to ensure that happens, Facebook is planning to set up an ‘Oversight Board’ which will be authorised to review some of its most challenging and contentious content decisions. Facebook in a blog post has hence announced the …

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