Facebook to Address 11 of 17 Oversight Board Recommendation Areas
Facebook will address 11 of 17 of the company’s oversight board recommendation areas, taking action on such things as Instagram policy updates and improving automated detection, Facebook announced Thursday. The company is “committed to action” on 11 items, “assessing feasibility”…
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of five items and not taking action on one item, “since it relates to softening our enforcement of COVID-19 misinformation,” Facebook said. The board recommended the company adopt “less intrusive measures” in cases where “users post information about COVID-19 treatments that contradicts the specific advice of health authorities and where a potential for physical harm is identified but is not imminent.” The company disagreed “the content implicated in this case does not rise to the level of imminent harm.” Facebook is assessing feasibility of how users can appeal moderation decisions, information about automation in cases of enforcement action, expansion of transparency reporting, community standard specifics and the recommendation to provide a public list of “dangerous” organizations.