Facebook's civil rights audit found the company made decisions which were 'significant setbacks for civil rights,' according to a report.
"The Auditors do not believe that Facebook is sufficiently attuned to the depth of concern on the issue of polarization and the way that the algorithms used by Facebook inadvertently fuel extreme and polarizing content."
Facebook's inaction over Trump's comments led employees to stage a "virtual walkout" in protest of the company's policies. The decision to keep the post up was in direct contrast to the action taken by Twitter, which slapped a warning label on a tweet containing the same remarks from Trump about looting.
According to the NYT, the audit recommends Facebook builds a more robust civil rights infrastructure and that it takes "more concrete action and specific commitments to take steps to address concerns about algorithmic bias or discrimination."that the audit revealed failures in the firm's approach to civil rights, adding "some of the starkest criticism" was "reserved for our decision not to remove recent posts by President Trump.
Sandberg and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg were among the Facebook officials that met with civil rights leaders on Tuesday. But those civil rights leaders say the meeting didn't go well, with Rashad Robinson of advocacy organization Color of Change labeling it a "
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