Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter reach a deal with big advertisers for common standards on harmful content and to let external auditing of the system from H2 2021
Financial Times : Tweets: @marietjeschaake , @cmpfeui , @jason_kint , @rasmus_kleis , and @daniele_manca See also Mediagazer Tweets: Marietje Schaake / @marietjeschaake : Advertisers and social media companies agree on harmful content >> “This is another example of companies setting rules where democratic governments have neglected to do so. These kind of deals probably better serve businesses than the public interest” ↘️ https://giftarticle.ft.com/... Cmpf / @cmpfeui : The agreement “sets common definitions of content such as hate speech and aggression, establishes harmonised reporting standards across platforms and empowers external auditors to oversee the system” https://giftarticle.ft.com/... via @FT Jason Kint / @jason_kint : Facebook and Google were founding and largest members of this self-regulatory group. It's good they've agreed to implement new code but I can't see any justification to resume spending until the changes are implemented (report says second half of 2021). 1/4 https://twitter.com/... Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis : Look who's back, back again. “Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have reached a deal with big advertisers on harmful content, offering some long-sought concessions [after] July's boycott of social media platforms” @alexebarker and @MsHannahMurphy report https://giftarticle.ft.com/... Daniele Manca / @daniele_manca : Advertisers strike deal with Facebook and YouTube on harmful content External audits and common standards satisfy companies who were boycotting social media | @FinancialTimes https://www.ft.com/... See also Mediagazer