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| Facebook is responding to the recommendations of the Independent Supervisory Committee |
Based on the recommendations of the review panel, which published its first content review decisions last month, the Facebook platform agreed to change some of its policies, including a set of rules that removed some of Facebook's first measurements.
The supervisory committee not only made decisions on specific tasks, but also made recommendations on how social media could change its policies.
Facebook said it will work to respond to 11 recommendations from its review panel, including an update to Instagram's nudity policy.
In other ways, like Facebook's suggestion to remind users that monitoring decisions are the result of automation, the company has not committed to making permanent changes.
There are no significant policy changes among the regions where Facebook has announced it will make changes and promises to increase the transparency of its existing rules.
In this context, the platform made it clear that it wanted to clarify the rules of misinformation in the health sector.
Facebook is also planning to create a new user transparency center to better explain community standards.
The company says it will share more information about people at risk and regulatory guidelines, but is considering the feasibility of recommending that the company list groups and individuals covered by the rules.
Health-related nudity is now allowed after Facebook snapped up a post from users who posted photos to raise awareness of breast cancer.
In some of the review board recommendations, Facebook has also used automated tools to make content review decisions.
The watchdog said Facebook should warn users if the implementation is automated and not the result of a human review of content.
The social network said: It's testing review board recommendations to notify people when automation removes content but hasn't achieved ongoing engagement yet.
However, one aspect of Facebook's refusal to make changes is its coronavirus disinformation policy.
The review committee decided that Facebook should respond to posts by French users who falsely claim that hydroxychloroquine can treat the Coronavirus.
The panel has also recommended that, after identifying the potential risks of personal injury, Facebook take less troublesome measures to deal with misinformation about the outbreak.
Facebook said: It makes the rules of misinformation related to the Coronavirus more visible to users, but it does not change the way it is implemented.
Facebook wrote: We will take no further action on this recommendation because we believe we are taking the least intrusive action given the potential for potential harm.
She added: We still need full consultations with the main health authorities to identify the factors that could cause imminent physical harm, and this approach will not change with the global pandemic.
Facebook's response provided information about how the IOC's social network views and compares it to the Supreme Court.
Like courts, court decisions should be binding, but Facebook has plenty of leeway to make the broader policy changes recommended by its supervisory committee.
Facebook accepted some of the recommendations, and while it agreed to consider only others, it showed that it was still not prepared to allow its supervisory committee to have too much influence on Facebook's broader political structure.