The supervisory board of Half on Tuesday he criticized the social media giant’s platforms for giving preferential treatment to problematic content posted by politicians, bosses, celebrities and other personalities.
In its report, the council calls for a “significant overhaul” of the double-checking program called “cross-checking”, to make it more transparent, responsive and fair.
Currently, when reporting posts or images that potentially violate Facebook policies or Instagramthey are immediately removed if they are considered too risky and come from unknown users.
But if the author is “cleared,” this content remains online while it’s being further reviewed, a process that often takes several days and sometimes months.
This “unfair” system which operates in two phases “offers additional protections to what has been expressed by some users, also chosen on the basis of Meta’s economic interests”, the report specifies.
This causes “content identified as against the Meta rules to remain visible on Facebook and Instagram, spreading virally and causing potential harm,” the council warned.
The group recommends speeding up content reviews of personalities who publish important human rights messages and also removing high-risk ones pending a domestic verdict.
It also asks the company to publish the selection criteria to benefit from the program and to publicly identify the accounts of these users on the platforms.
The board is made up of 20 international members including journalists, lawyers, human rights defenders and former political leaders. Its creation in 2020 was proposed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg and is in charge of evaluating the content moderation policy of the Californian group.