Meta told to overhaul moderation system for high-profile users like Donald Trump

Facebook accused of leaving dangerous content online to serve business interests.

Meta told to overhaul moderation system for high-profile users like Donald Trump

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Meta has been told its treatment of high-profile users, such as former US President Donald Trump, left dangerous content online, serving business interests at the expense of its human rights obligations.

A damning report published on Tuesday from the company’s oversight board—a “Supreme Court”-style body created by the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to rule on sensitive moderation issues—has urged the social media giant to make “significant” changes to its internal system for reviewing content from politicians, celebrities, and its business partners.

The board, which started assessing cases last year, is coordinated by the tech giant’s policy chief and former UK deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg and issues independent judgments on high-profile moderation cases as well as recommendations on certain policies.

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Darknet: Hohe Haftstrafen im Boystown-Prozess

Die Betreiber einer Darknet-Plattform mit mit Fotos und Videos von schwerer sexueller Gewalt an Kindern sind in Frankfurt verurteilt worden. (Darknet, Internet)

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Russland: Diskriminierung und Unterdrückung von LGBTQ-Menschen verschärfen sich. Kritiker fürchten Stigmatisierung, die sich ausweitet. Wie sieht die Situation in der Ukraine aus?

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Elizabeth Holmes appeals conviction, 11-year sentence despite bleak outlook

Holmes is currently scheduled to report to prison in April.

Elizabeth Holmes (C), founder and former CEO of blood-testing and life sciences company Theranos, walks with her mother Noel Holmes and partner Billy Evans into the federal courthouse for her sentencing hearing on November 18, 2022, in San Jose, California.

Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes (C), founder and former CEO of blood-testing and life sciences company Theranos, walks with her mother Noel Holmes and partner Billy Evans into the federal courthouse for her sentencing hearing on November 18, 2022, in San Jose, California. (credit: Getty | AMY OSBORNE)

Disgraced biotech founder Elizabeth Holmes has appealed her criminal fraud conviction and federal prison sentence—a move that was widely anticipated but is seen as unlikely to succeed.

Holmes was convicted in January on four counts of defrauding investors of her now-defunct blood-testing startup, Theranos, resulting in millions of dollars in loss. Holmes, along with her former romantic partner and Theranos COO, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, falsely claimed that their technology could perform more than 200 medical tests with just a few drops of blood. Balwani's sentencing is scheduled for December 7.

Two weeks ago, Judge Edward Davila of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, who proceeded over the exhaustive trial, sentenced Holmes to 11 years and 3 months in federal prison.

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