Groups Ask Facebook for Content Removal Transparency
Some 70 groups asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to give users a mechanism for appealing “content censorship” and provide statistics on content removal. The company treats average users and famous or notable users differently when fielding complaints about removal, the…
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groups said Tuesday. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Access Now and New America's Open Technology Institute signed. A Facebook spokesperson emailed that these are “very important issues,” citing the platform’s appeals process launched in April and Facebook’s first transparency report on removing bad content. “We are one of the few companies to do this -- and we look forward to doing more in the future.”