Instead of clicking through two menus and searching for the specific option, Meta says it will test making the option more “prominent.” The company says it’s testing a way to make the “Privacy Violation” reporting option easier to find. It’s assessing the feasibility of the Board’s recommendation to simplify the process of requesting the removal of private information on Facebook and Instagram. Moreover, Meta didn’t fully commit to implementing tools that make it easier for users to report a privacy violation. And while Meta says it will continue to let users post their own addresses, it won’t follow the Board’s recommendation to let other users reshare them, citing that it’s “often impossible to know whether a resident has consented to allowing another person to share their private address.” The company says it won’t take action if “the property depicted is the focus of a news story,” unless it’s “shared in the context of organizing protests against the resident.” It will also permit users to share the exterior of publicly-owned residencies belonging to “high ranking officials,” like heads of state or ambassadors, and will, conversely, allow users to organize protests at these locations.
“However, we recognize that implementing this recommendation can strengthen privacy protections on our platforms.”Īdditionally, Meta is changing its response to posts that include photos of the outside of private homes. “As the board notes in this recommendation, removing the exception for ‘publicly available’ private residential information may limit the availability of this information on Facebook and Instagram when it is still publicly available elsewhere,” Meta writes. Meta’s decisions should add an additional layer of protection for victims of doxxing
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