Facebook Decisions Were 'Setbacks for Civil Rights,' Audit Finds

These are not civil rights groups in my opinion and I think Facebook did better than comparable sites. The internet theoretically connects everyone on the planet. If you state to like coffee, you will have someone hating you for that. The net was a better place and more civil, when people were able to classify it as such.

> including increasing hiring of in-house civil rights experts over the past two years

Again, they are no civil rights groups. They are self-interested in gaining a foothold and suppress certain opinions to justify their job.

Spreading misinformation is no offense. You are free to disbelieve content on the net. These "civil rights" activists want their truth to be told, nothing else. Facebook should suspend talks.

Equality and freedom collide at some point. There is no objective truth were corners should be cut.

There is also a related NYT Opinion article at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/opinion/facebook-civil-ri..., titled "Does Zuckerberg Understand How the Right to Free Speech Works?"

As with other such article, it is calling for Facebook to devalue the principle of Free Speech, which is very disappointing. Personally, I think a platform as large as Facebook must only use a very light touch, and avoiding violating principles of Free Speech beyond what the law minimally requires.

The Engadget version of the article has more info.

"The report, led by civil rights leader Laura W. Murphy and the civil rights law firm Relman Colfax, had a number of recommendations."

https://www.engadget.com/facebook-audit-civil-rights-hate-sp...

Am I insane or does the NYT bend over backwards to avoid identifying what civil rights group performed the audit? Is this what journalism is now?