Notes and Commentary on Facebook’s Transparency Report

Matthew Ingram:

Just after the report was published, the Times revealed that a previous version had been shelved, because it showed one of the top links on the site was to a story that said a doctor died from the COVID-19 vaccine, a report from the Chicago Tribune that was circulated widely by anti-vaccination groups and pages. Facebook said this piece of data was left out because it was still tweaking the way in which its systems reported views of content—housecleaning, a Facebook spokesman called it—but the fact that the only post that got removed was a story that became hugely popular with anti-vax disinformation groups seemed more than a little suspicious, especially since Facebook has been the subject ofsome harsh criticism from President Joe Biden about exactly this kind of content.

Many taxpayer supported K-12 School Districts use Facebook (and instagram) services, including Madison.