Internal docs and sources describe how Facebook educates moderators about political issues and potential “PR fires” that are particular to different elections
but very slowly Emily Birnbaum / The Hill : Facebook unveils plans for preventing spread of misinformation ahead of elections worldwide Tweets: Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : Pretty wild: Facebook content moderators are explicitly given a button that says whether a piece of content is a “PR fire” or not. As in, something that will get negative press or legal consequences. Not just an off-hand term, actually in site mechanisms http://motherboard.vice.com/ ... http://twitter.com/... Jason Koebler / @jason_koebler : NEW: Internal documents obtained by Motherboard show that Facebook instructs its content moderators to prioritize putting out “PR fires” during lead up to elections http://motherboard.vice.com/ ... Tonya Riley / @tonyajoriley : “Some content moderators are also not familiar with more mainstream political figures such as Ted Cruz, according to the source.” This lines up with everything I've heard about folks who have dealt with FB and this is proof. http://motherboard.vice.com/ ... Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : We also obtained documents that Facebook issues to content moderators to brief them about “vulnerable people” before an election or another politically significant event. These include politicians, journalists. Typically just a photo and name http://motherboard.vice.com/ ... http://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer