Color of Change, the NAACP and others say virtually nothing came of a meeting with Mark Zuckerberg.
Groups behind the recent advertising boycott of Facebook and Instagram today left a meeting with Mark Zuckerberg with no commitment from the company that it will do more to combat hate speech on its platforms.
Nevertheless, a Facebook spokeswoman said after the meeting that the results of an independent civil rights audit will be released tomorrow. It is the third and final installment of a review process that began in 2018, led by Laura Murphy, formerly of the ACLU.“This meeting was an opportunity for us to hear from the campaign organizers and reaffirm our commitment to combating hate on our platform,” the Facebook spokeswoman said. “They want Facebook to be free of hate speech and so do we.
“The only recommendation they even attempted to address is hiring a civil rights position, but were unable to commit to the crucial piece of the position being at the c-suite level or what the requirements for the position will be,” they added. Since the boycott started last month, calling for advertisers and brands to pull all ad spend on Facebook and Instagram for the month of July to show their concern over hate speech on the platform, particularly that directed at Black people, as well as misinformation around voting and politics, nearly 1,000 companies in the U.S. and abroad have joined.
But Facebook had started doing some damage control in the meantime. Zuckerberg said publicly that Facebook would undergo another civil rights audit and that the company would start labeling “newsworthy” content that promoted violence, although the posts will not be removed.
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