An independent oversight board reviewing Meta’s content moderation decisions suggested that the company revise its cross-checking program, and the company agreed.
The Oversight Board, the “independent body” that reviews Meta’s content moderation decisions, has released a total of 32 proposals for amending the programme. normal. Rather than removing content flagged by certain public figures, such as politicians, celebrities, or athletes, it remains “until further human review.”
The Board’s review was conducted in direct response to 2021. wall street journal article(opens in new tab) Investigated the exempt. In their decision(opens in new tab) The board acknowledged the inherent challenges of moderating content at scale, stating that while “a content review system should treat all users fairly,” the program “has to moderate large amounts of content.” We are working on broader issues,” he said.
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For example, at the time of the request, Meta was making a large number of moderation attempts, about 100 million times per day, so “even with 99% accuracy, that means 1 million misses per day.
Still, the board said the Crosscheck program was less interested in “preliminary research.”[ing] Meta’s commitment to human rights” and “something more directly structured to meet business concerns”.
Of the 32 proposals put forward by the Board to amend the crosscheck program, Meta has implemented 11, partially implemented 15, continues to evaluate the feasibility of 1, and We agreed not to work on it further.In an updated blog post(opens in new tab) Announced on Friday, the company said it would make the program “more transparent through regular reporting” and tweak the criteria for participation in the program to “better account for human rights benefits and equity.” . The company will also update its operational systems to reduce the backlog of review requests. This means harmful content is reviewed and removed more quickly.
All 32 recommendations can be accessed via this link.(opens in new tab)
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In it, the Board stated: twitter thread(opens in new tab) While this change “could make Meta’s approach to error prevention fairer, more credible, and justified,” “some aspects of Meta’s response could lead to a more transparent and fair system.” We have not progressed as much as we recommended in order to achieve
