Facebook : Making Progress on Civil Rights – But Still a Long Way to Go
July 08, 2020 at 07:06 am EDT
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We need to enhance the team and the processes we've put in place to oversee civil rights issues. For example, by bringing more civil rights expertise in-house and better integrating civil rights issues into our policy and product work.
We must go further on voter suppression and hate. In the auditors' view, our voter suppression policies have improved significantly, but their application, most notably in relation to President Trump's recent statements about mail-in-ballots, demonstrates a reading of our policies that is too narrow. They've also recommended that we do more to understand the specific ways that hate is targeted at particular communities so that we can address potential trends, policy gaps or enforcement issues.
Some of the starkest criticism is reserved for our decision not to remove recent posts by President Trump. In the auditors' view, the emphasis we've placed on free expression has not been adequately balanced by the critical value of non-discrimination. The auditors also strongly disagree with our policy to not fact-check politicians, and believe that the end result means more voice for those in positions of power.
Underpinning all of this, the auditors conclude that we must do more to create a diverse and more inclusive culture, which, in turn, will improve the decisions we make about products and policies.
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