Facebook oversight board to review system that exempts elite users
by Guardian staff and agencies from Technology | The Guardian on (#5PTXN)
The XCheck program allows some users to be whitelisted' or allowed to post material that violates the company's policies
Facebook's semi-independent oversight board says it will review the company's XCheck" system, an internal program that has exempted high-profile users from some or all of its rules.
The decision follows an investigation by the Wall Street Journal that revealed that reviews of posts by well-known users such as celebrities, politicians and journalists are steered into the separate system.
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