SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 14 — Facebook exempts certain celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users from some its own rules for posts as part of a programme launched as a quality-control mechanism, theThe programme, referred to as “cross check” or “XCheck,” shields millions of elite users from rules that Facebook claims to apply equally at the social network, according to a report citing internal documents.
“There aren’t two systems of justice; it’s an attempted safeguard against mistakes,” Stone tweeted in response to the“We know our enforcement is not perfect and there are trade-offs between speed and accuracy.” A double-standard regarding content moderation would defy assurances Facebook gave to an independent board set up as a final arbiter of disputes regarding what is allowed to be posted at the leading social network.