Mark Zuckerberg gave a big speech today freedom of expression. Let's take a look on Facebook's report card in the 2019 RDR (@rankingrights) Corporate Accountability Index and see how well they did on freedom of expression related indicators. (thread) rankingdigitalrights.org/index2019/comp…
For the 2019 RDR Index we found FB was actually LESS transparent than in the previous year about requests it receives from governments to restrict content or accounts. rankingdigitalrights.org/index2019/comp…
FB published LESS detailed data in its transparency report last year about government demands to restrict content or accounts than any other internet or mobile ecosystem company that publishes transparency reports. rankingdigitalrights.org/index2019/indi…
They disclosed no evidence that they do any impact assessment on how their use of AI or automation might affect users' rights including freedom of expression. rankingdigitalrights.org/index2019/indi…
FB was found to offer less disclosure to users about changes to terms of service than many other companies. rankingdigitalrights.org/index2019/indi…
FB's transparency reports were also found to publish a lot less data about *private* requests to remove content/restrict accounts (requests by entities other than governments) than many other peers. rankingdigitalrights.org/index2019/indi…
