Oversight Board Issues Recommendations to Meta on Doxing

The independent entity called on the company to review its policies on sharing of people’s private residential information

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Meta’s Oversight Board urged the company to take steps to outfox the dox.

The independent body to review content moderation on Facebook and Instagram was initially discussed in November 2018 by CEO Mark Zuckerberg and, following several delays, it began taking cases in October 2020.

The board called on Meta to review its policies on how Facebook and Instagram govern the sharing of people’s private residential information, known as doxing, following a series of high-profile incidents affecting public figures and other individuals.

Its recommendations to the company included:

  • Remove the exception that allows the sharing of private residential information when it is considered to be “publicly available.”
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