The Meta Stock Price Goes Down Due to Criticism From the Company’s Oversight Board and Regulations From the EU

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On Tuesday, the oversight board for Meta Platforms (Meta stock) voiced its disapproval of the tech giant’s “cross-check” program. It provided the business with several suggestions for how to enhance it.

People can go to an independent organization known as the oversight board if they disagree with the firm’s judgments over the content displayed on Facebook and Instagram. This organization published a study on Tuesday that included the research findings carried out in response to a piece that appeared in the Wall Street Journal in 2021 and stated that the firm “exempted high-profile users from some or all of its regulations.”

According to the findings detailed in the report, the board discovered “many deficiencies in Meta’s cross-check program.” The cross-check program is a mechanism that helps ensure that enforcement decisions are made accurately and with additional levels of human review, according to Meta (NASDAQ:META), which defines the cross-check program as a definition.

“While Meta told the board that cross-checks aim to advance Meta’s human rights commitments, we found that the program appears more directly structured to satisfy business concerns,” the report said. “While Meta told the board that cross-check aims to advance Meta’s human rights commitments, we found that cross-check aims to advance Meta’ “The Board is aware that Meta is a business; however because cross-check gives additional protection to specific users who are chosen largely based on the interests of Meta’s business, content that would normally be removed from the website more quickly is allowed to remain online for a longer period of time, which could potentially cause harm.”

The oversight board stated that the cross-check software affords some users better security than others and is “concerned” about a “lack of clarity around how to cross-check works.” The phrase “cross-check” appears to be missing.

After that, it presented Meta with suggestions for improving this system. Some of these suggestions included “prioritizing expression that is crucial for human rights” and “reducing harm that is caused by particular content left up during enhanced reviews.”

Barron’s requested Meta for comment, and Meta directed the publication’s attention to its public response to the oversight board’s report. Meta stated in its answer that it has already done some work to improve the cross-check program, but, to completely address the number of recommendations, it will offer a more in-depth response for the board to evaluate within ninety days.

In addition to the criticism from the oversight board, The Journal reported on Tuesday that European Union privacy regulators ruled that Meta should not require users of its social media platforms to agree to personalized advertisements. People with knowledge of the situation were cited as sources in the report.

According to the sources used by The Journal, the verdicts do not directly force the corporation to modify the way it conducts things. Still, they ask Ireland’s Data Protection Commission to “make public instructions that reflect its decisions.” Ireland serves as the host country for Meta’s European headquarters.

According to a spokeswoman for Meta, it is too early to speculate, who issued the following comment to Barron’s: “this is not the final decision.” In addition to a user’s consent or the fulfillment of a contractual obligation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enables various alternative legal grounds for data processing. According to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), there is no hierarchy between this legal basis. None of them should be deemed superior to any other.

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Meta stock is trading at USD114.46 as of Tuesday, December 6, 2022.

The statement continued, “We have engaged extensively with the DPC on their questions, and we will continue to communicate with them as they work to finalize their conclusion.”

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