Meta Oversight Board demands changes to “cross-check” program that protected Donald Trump

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The special moderation queue was revealed last year.

when Brazilian soccer player Neymar posted nude pictures of a woman who accused him of rape — and after the post, which was a clear violation of Meta’s rules, Neymar didn’t suffer the typical penalty of having his account deleted. The board notes that Neymar later signed an exclusive streaming deal with Meta.get the same hands-on moderation, thanks to Facebook and Instagram’s massive scale.

Some of these recommendations, like the public marking of accounts, are policy decisions that likely wouldn’t require significant extra resources. But Rusbridger acknowledges that others — like eliminating the backlog for cross-check — would require a “substantial” expansion of Meta’s moderation force.

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