ADL and its affiliate JLENS have proposed a proposal to appeal to Meta to publish a detailed report on the processing of hateful content.
Shareholder proposals sponsored by JLENS, the Prevention Prevention League (ADL) affiliate, include Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. There is support from.
both Proxy Advisory Company We advise meta shareholders to support the proposal. The proposal seeks to reveal to the big tech giant how it handles hateful content on its platform.
Proposal 8, entitled “Reports on Hate Targeting Alienated Communities,” explains the requirements for such reporting in more detail. JLENS asks the report to include details on “policies, practices, and effectiveness” in handling hatred, specifically “anti-Semitism, anti-LGBTQ+, and anti-spread hate.” According to the proposal, the findings should be made public within a year.
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This proposal will be made just a month later Meta Oversight Committee He expressed concern over the company’s changes in content regulation policy announced in January. The board concluded that the controversial speeches need not be removed, but Meta concluded that “content that has substantial connection to specific harm” should be removed.
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt welcomed the support of ISS and Glass Lewis and told Fox Business that both companies were “significant milestones.”
“What we want to do is to clarify how Meta handles the anti-Semitism and prejudice that rampifies with their services,” Greenblatt told Fox Business.
Last June, ADL released surveys showing 61% of teenagers who were harassed online Harassment on Facebook– Increase from 53% found in previous reports.
A few months later, in September, ADL released it Social Media Scorecard Facebook received the C grade and Instagram received the C-.
The organization has discovered that the platform has “good policies” but neither of them acts on content that contains anti-Semitic conspiracy theories flagged by regular users. When the same content is reported by “trusted flaggers”, Facebook has acted According to ADL, Instagram took action at 87.5% and Instagram took action at 68.8%.
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Greenblatt said ADL has been trying to engage with Meta for several months and has failed to act on content that hates the company. The ADL Chief also told Fox Business that despite being supported by ISS and Glass Lewis, he is not sure the proposal will be adopted.
“It’s unlikely that a proposal will be approved. Mark Zuckerberg It owns the number of shares managed by the company. I expect a significant percentage of shareholders to vote in favor of the proposal. It’s going to send a loud, clear message to the company that they need to deal with this entirely,” Greenblatt said.
Ultimately, according to Greenblatt, ADL is looking for a meta that works consistently to ensure that top-down moderation handles and current policies are in place. Greenblatt told Fox Business this is about “results culture” rather than “culture cancellation.”
“If you violate a rule or a condition, you simply have to pay the price,” he said.
Greenblatt admits that top-down content moderation is not easy, but it is necessary. He spoke to Fox Business about the issues with platforms that do not employ top-down moderation practices, such as the fully user-driven Wikipedia.
“Well, does the community notes look massive? I’m going to turn you to Wikipedia. The completely user-driven Wikipedia service has no top-down moderation. [and] Built-in bias,” Greenblatt said.
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He acknowledged that Meta faces challenges in moderatening this type of content, but said that “retracting back from top-down content moderation and simply surrendering to the mob” is not the solution.
In January, Meta announced major changes to the terms of service, including the end of fact-checking. While many praised the move, ADL quickly expressed concern about the decision.
at that time, Greenblatt said “One of the world’s most profitable companies operating on such sophisticated technology is taking important steps in protecting anti-Semitism, hatred, misinformation and vulnerable groups online.”
Meta shareholders are expected to meet on Wednesday, but it is not clear when the results of the vote on the proposal will be made public.
