Facebook’s oversight board demands clarity on rules for high-profile users

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Facebook's oversight board is investigating claims the social media group allowed some high-profile users to break its rules and accused the company of withholding information on the matter.

The board, a "Supreme Court"-style body created to oversee its content moderation processes, on Tuesday said it was looking into the degree to which Facebook has been fully forthcoming" when responding to its previous inquiries about cross-check," an internal system used to review content from politicians, celebrities, and journalists to ensure posts were not mistakenly removed.

According to an expose by The Wall Street Journal published last week, the system had ballooned to include millions of users and was sometimes used to shield some users from enforcement even if they broke Facebook's rules, a practice known as whitelisting.

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