The deep inequalities of Facebook’s secretive cross-check moderation program

Dec 7 2022 by The Verge

 
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge

Today, let’s talk about a new opinion from Meta’s Oversight Board that attempts to square a tension at the heart of any big social network: on one hand, a desire to treat its users with equality; and on the other, an acknowledgement that in practice some groups of users deserve special treatment.

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No company wants to say outright that some of its customers matter more than others. But in practice, on social networks in particular, some...

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