{"id":474257,"date":"2022-07-14T23:14:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-owner-meta-releases-first-human-rights-report\/"},"modified":"2022-07-14T23:14:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:14:04","slug":"facebook-owner-meta-releases-first-human-rights-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-owner-meta-releases-first-human-rights-report\/","title":{"rendered":"#Facebook owner Meta releases first human rights report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2536052d61e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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annual\u00a0human\u00a0rights\u00a0report<\/a> on Thursday, following years of accusations that it turned a blind eye to online abuses that fueled real-world violence in places like India and Myanmar.<\/p>\n<p>The report, which covers due diligence performed in 2020 and 2021, includes a summary of a controversial\u00a0human\u00a0rights\u00a0impact assessment of India that Meta commissioned law firm Foley Hoag to conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Human\u00a0rights\u00a0groups including Amnesty International and\u00a0Human\u00a0Rights\u00a0Watch have demanded the release of the India assessment in full, accusing Meta of stalling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In its summary, Meta said the law firm had \u201cnoted the potential for Meta\u2019s platforms to be connected to salient\u00a0human\u00a0rights\u00a0risks caused by third parties,\u201d including \u201cadvocacy of hatred that incites hostility, discrimination, or violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The assessment, it added, did not cover \u201caccusations of bias in content moderation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rights\u00a0groups for years have raised alarms about anti-Muslim hate speech stoking tensions in India, Meta\u2019s largest market globally by number of users.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/meta-human-rights1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A protest in India against the arrest of human rights activists.\" class=\"wp-image-23054770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/meta-human-rights1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/meta-human-rights1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/meta-human-rights1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>People in India protest against the arrest of human rights activists.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Its top public policy executive in India stepped down in 2020 following Wall Street Journal reporting that she opposed <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lying the company\u2019s rules to Hindu nationalist figures flagged internally for promoting violence.<\/p>\n<p>In its report, Meta said it was studying the India recommendations but did not commit to implementing them as it did with other\u00a0rights\u00a0assessments.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the difference, Meta\u00a0Human\u00a0Rights\u00a0Director Miranda Sissons pointed to United Nations guidelines cautioning against risks to \u201caffected stakeholders, personnel or to legitimate requirements of commercial confidentiality.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/meta-human-rights.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Facebook and Meta logo\" class=\"wp-image-23054805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/meta-human-rights.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/meta-human-rights.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/meta-human-rights.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The report also outlined Meta\u2019s COVID-19 response and Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses, which involved flagging possible privacy risks and effects on vulnerable groups.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe format of the reporting can be influenced by a variety of factors, including security reasons,\u201d Sissons told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Sissons, who joined the company in 2019, said her team is now comprised of 8 people, while about 100 others work on\u00a0human\u00a0rights\u00a0with related teams.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to country-level assessments, the report outlined her team\u2019s work on Meta\u2019s COVID-19 response and Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses, which involved flagging possible privacy risks and effects on vulnerable groups.<\/p>\n<p>Sissons said analysis of augmented and virtual reality technologies, which Meta has prioritized with its bet on the \u201cmetaverse,\u201d is largely taking place this year and would be discussed in subsquent reports.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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