Bloomberg) — Meta Platforms Inc. has completed more than half of the recommended measures that resulted from a civil rights audit, the company’s vice president of civil rights said at the Bloomberg Equality Summit on Tuesday.
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The audit, which took about two years, made 117 recommendations, including the creation of Roy Austin’s job. His position is mandated to identify civil rights priorities, help assess civil rights implications in upcoming product or policy launches and voice civil rights concerns to company leadership.
“Just as you’d have an expert on advertising or an expert in communications or an expert in whatever your business model is, having someone who understands civil rights law, having someone who every day is waking up thinking about those risks is crucial,” said Austin, who is also deputy general counsel.
Since joining the parent company of Facebook in January 2021, Austin has built a team of 11 people providing input for Meta’s work on voting, civic engagement and artificial intelligence. In the past, Facebook has faced criticism for not doing enough to control hate speech, harassment and discriminatory advertising policies.
While acknowledging Facebook’s progress in the July 2020 audit, the auditors — led by American Civil Liberties Union veteran Laura Murphy — also raised concerns about Facebook’s response to content on voter suppression and election misinformation. Since the publication of that report, groups like Color of Change have continued to call for tech companies to conduct audits to assess for discrimination in their products.
The audit created a “foundation” to know what Meta could improve upon, Austin said, but he doesn’t think the company needs additional reviews. He said it’s more effective to hav
彭博社）——Meta Platforms Inc. 已经完成了一半以上的民权审计建议措施，该公司民权副总裁周二在彭博平等峰会上表示。
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审计耗时大约两年，提出了 117 项建议，包括为罗伊·奥斯汀创造工作。他的职责是确定民权优先事项，帮助评估即将推出的产品或政策中的民权影响，并向公司领导层表达民权问题。
“就像您拥有广告专家、通信专家或任何商业模式专家一样，拥有了解民权法的人、拥有每天醒来思考这些风险的人至关重要，”奥斯汀说，他也是副总法律顾问。
自 2021 年 1 月加入 Facebook 的母公司以来，奥斯汀已经建立了一个 11 人的团队，为 Meta 在投票、公民参与和人工智能方面的工作提供意见。过去，Facebook 因在控制仇恨言论、骚扰和歧视性广告政策方面做得不够而受到批评。
在承认 Facebook 在 2020 年 7 月审计中取得进展的同时，由美国公民自由联盟 (American Civil Liberties Union) 资深人士劳拉·墨菲 (Laura Murphy) 领导的审计人员也对 Facebook 对选民压制和选举错误信息内容的回应表示担忧。自该报告发布以来，Color of Change 等团体继续呼吁科技公司进行审计，以评估其产品中的歧视。
奥斯汀说，审计为了解 Meta 可以改进的地方奠定了“基础”，但他认为公司不需要额外的审查。他说，拥有一个像他这样专注于这项工作并能够展示成果的内部“独立”团队会更有效。
曾从事刑事辩护和民权法工作的奥斯汀表示，他是在意识到 Facebook 在数十亿用户生活中所扮演的角色后担任新职位的。他补充说，他还在努力开发一种“种族测量工具”，以帮助更好地了解弱势社区的社交媒体体验。
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