{"id":2821,"date":"2021-09-13T20:39:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T18:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/13\/facebook-some-high-profile-users-allowed-to-break-platforms-rules\/"},"modified":"2021-09-13T20:39:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T18:39:32","slug":"facebook-some-high-profile-users-allowed-to-break-platforms-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/13\/facebook-some-high-profile-users-allowed-to-break-platforms-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook: some high-profile users \u2018allowed to break platform\u2019s rules\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>XCheck system \u2018whitelists\u2019 well-known users who are given special treatment, says Wall Street Journal report<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/facebook\">Facebook<\/a> gives high-profile users special treatment, which includes immunity from its rules for some, and allowed Brazilian footballer Neymar to post nude pictures of a woman who had accused him of rape, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>The XCheck or \u201cCrossCheck\u201d system steers reviews of posts by well-known users such as celebrities, politicians and journalists into a separate system, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/facebook-files-xcheck-zuckerberg-elite-rules-11631541353?mod=hp_lead_pos7\">according to an investigation by the Wall Street Journal<\/a>. Under the programme, some users are \u201cwhitelisted\u201d \u2013 not subject to enforcement action \u2013 while others are allowed to post material that violates Facebook rules, pending content reviews that often do not take place. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/sep\/13\/facebook-some-high-profile-users-allowed-to-break-platforms-rules\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/72606545283166f559af2dadd9b89e6c976d9367\/0_62_3500_2101\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=682eb458724ed72103457fa4b52c7384\" title=\"Facebook: some high-profile users \u2018allowed to break platform\u2019s rules\u2019\" \/>XCheck system \u2018whitelists\u2019 well-known users who are given special treatment, says Wall Street Journal report<br \/>\nFacebook gives high-profile users special treatment, which includes immunity from its rules for some, and allowed Brazilian footballer Neymar to post nude pictures of a woman who had accused him of rape, according to a report.<br \/>\nThe XCheck or \u201cCrossCheck\u201d system steers reviews of posts by well-known users such as celebrities, politicians and journalists into a separate system, according to an investigation by the Wall Street Journal. Under the programme, some users are \u201cwhitelisted\u201d \u2013 not subject to enforcement action \u2013 while others are allowed to post material that violates Facebook rules, pending content reviews that often do not take place.  Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XCheck system \u2018whitelists\u2019 well-known users who are given special treatment, says Wall Street Journal report Facebook gives high-profile users special treatment, which includes immunity from its rules for some, and allowed Brazilian footballer Neymar to post nude pictures of a woman who had accused him of rape, according to a report. The XCheck or \u201cCrossCheck\u201d &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/13\/facebook-some-high-profile-users-allowed-to-break-platforms-rules\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Facebook: some high-profile users \u2018allowed to break platform\u2019s rules\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}