Civil Rights, Interest Groups Urge Facebook Investor Action on Bias Audit
Facebook’s largest investors should address concerns about the social media platform’s handling of risk, privacy and transparency, said 78 human rights, civil rights and investment groups Wednesday. Facebook is hiring independent auditors to analyze potential platform bias against minority communities…
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and conservative groups, according to Axios. The groups “demand better” from Facebook’s largest investors, including Vanguard, Fidelity and BlackRock, the group said. Center for Digital Democracy, Open MIC and Access Now were among the letter’s signers. “Getting outside feedback will help us improve over time -- ensuring that we can more effectively serve the people on Facebook,” Facebook Vice President-Global Policy Joel Kaplan said in a statement.