NEW: Under Facebook's own rules, high-profile accounts get their reach and advertising restricted if they have two misinformation "strikes" within 90 days.

Leaked internal documents show FB repeatedly bent these rules for conservative partners https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/sensitive-claims-bias-facebook-relaxed-misinformation-rules-conservative-pages-n1236182
Sensitive to claims of bias, Facebook relaxed misinformation rules for conservative pages

According to internal discussions, Facebook removed "strikes" so that conservative pages were not penalized for violations of misinformation policies.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/sensitive-claims-bias-facebook-relaxed-misinformation-rules-conservative-pages-n1236182
This echoes what @CraigSilverman and @RMac18 reported yesterday here: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-zuckerberg-what-if-trump-disputes-election-results
Facebook Fired An Employee Who Collected Evidence Of Right-Wing Pages Getting Preferential Treatment

Facebook employees collected evidence showing the company is giving right-wing pages preferential treatment when it comes to misinformation. And they’re worried about how the company will handle the...

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-zuckerberg-what-if-trump-disputes-election-results
FB gets lots of complaints from accounts that have been fact-checked, but few are "escalated" to senior leadership because of "PR risk" or "partner sensitivity"

Two thirds of the ~30 misinfo "escalations" since Feb came from conservative partners https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/sensitive-claims-bias-facebook-relaxed-misinformation-rules-conservative-pages-n1236182
Sensitive to claims of bias, Facebook relaxed misinformation rules for conservative pages

According to internal discussions, Facebook removed "strikes" so that conservative pages were not penalized for violations of misinformation policies.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/sensitive-claims-bias-facebook-relaxed-misinformation-rules-conservative-pages-n1236182
The list of escalations was accessible to all FB employees until they started writing internal posts accusing the company of pandering to conservatives.

The company subsequently hid the list, citing leaks, per this announcement (leaked to me!)

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/sensitive-claims-bias-facebook-relaxed-misinformation-rules-conservative-pages-n1236182
As @BuzzFeedNews reported yesterday, Joel Kaplan personally intervened to get the misinformation escalations team to investigate why an Instagram post by Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk was fact-checked. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-zuckerberg-what-if-trump-disputes-election-results
Facebook Fired An Employee Who Collected Evidence Of Right-Wing Pages Getting Preferential Treatment

Facebook employees collected evidence showing the company is giving right-wing pages preferential treatment when it comes to misinformation. And they’re worried about how the company will handle the...

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-zuckerberg-what-if-trump-disputes-election-results
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