Similarly, the corporation denied or did not agree to proposals that would warn individuals that they are being cross-checked. Meta dismissed a suggestion that it compel cross-check users to make “an additional, explicit commitment” to respect the company’s guidelines. And Meta said it was “evaluating the feasibility” of a suggestion that users opt out of cross-checking (which would also, naturally, notify them that they are part of the program). “We will work with our Human Rights and Civil Rights teams to evaluate solutions to solve this problem in order to improve user autonomy regarding cross-check,” the business added.
While Meta’s reaction demonstrates that the firm is eager to make modifications to one of its most contentious projects, it also highlights the corporation’s unwillingness to make important cross-check facts public. This is also consistent with the Oversight Board’s prior complaint, which accused the corporation of not being “completely transparent” concerning cross-check last year.
