{"id":23279,"date":"2020-07-08T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-faulted-for-significant-civil-rights-setbacks-audit-reveals\/"},"modified":"2020-07-08T18:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T15:50:00","slug":"facebook-faulted-for-significant-civil-rights-setbacks-audit-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-faulted-for-significant-civil-rights-setbacks-audit-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"#Facebook faulted for \u2018significant\u2019 civil rights setbacks, audit reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Facebook<\/a> faulted for \u2018significant\u2019 civil rights setbacks, audit reveals<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 8, 2020 |<\/span> 11:50am <\/p>\n

\n Missteps in Facebook\u2019s efforts to clamp down on issues like voter suppression and hate speech have created \u201csignificant setbacks for civil rights,\u201d a sweeping audit of the company\u2019s practices found.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two-year review released Wednesday and paid for by Facebook, concluded the company\u2019s app<\/a>roach to civil rights issues \u201cremains too reactive and piecemeal\u201d despite the progress it has made in recent years to combat misinformation and discrimination.<\/p>\n

The auditors blasted Facebook\u2019s policy of not fact-checking posts from politicians in the interest of protecting free expression over equality and non-discrimination \u2014 an approach they called \u201cdeeply troubling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cElevating free expression is a good thing, but it should apply to everyone,\u201d Laura W. Murphy, the civil rights expert who led the audit, wrote in the 89-page report. \u201cWhen it means that powerful politicians do not have to abide by the same rules that everyone else does, a hierarchy of speech is created that privileges certain voices over less powerful voices.\u201d<\/p>\n

The audit also criticized Facebook\u2019s decision not to remove President Trump\u2019s posts about \u201cillegal\u201d mail-in ballots, and chaos that ensued in Minneapolis after the George Floyd protests, drawing fire from civil-rights groups, including the NAACP,\u00a0 and some of the company\u2019s own staffers.<\/p>\n

The ballot comments \u201ceffectively allow the platform to be weaponized to suppress voting,\u201d the auditors claimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese decisions exposed a major hole in Facebook\u2019s understanding and application of civil rights,\u201d the report reads. \u201cWhile these decisions were made ultimately at the highest level, we believe civil rights expertise was not sought and applied to the degree it should have been and the resulting decisions were devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Facebook released comprehensive findings of the audit amid mounting criticism of its lax approach to hate speech, which has led big companies such as Verizon and Coca-Cola to join an advertising boycott of the company.<\/p>\n

Facebook hired Murphy and the law firm Relman Colefax to conduct the audit in 2018 after civil-rights groups and some members of Congress encouraged the company to review its practices.<\/p>\n

The findings made clear that Facebook has a long way to go to meaningfully address civil-rights concerns, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said. She pledged on Tuesday to implement proposals from the auditors and other advocates but said the move had nothing to do with the ad boycott.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis audit has been a deep analysis of how we can strengthen and advance civil rights at every level of our company \u2014 but it is the beginning of the journey, not the end,\u201d Sandberg said in a statement Wednesday.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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