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5. How we identify and address salient human rights risks Life, Liberty, and Security of Person The Right to Life, Liberty, and Security of Person concerns freedom from physical confinement as well as protection from injury to the body and mind. For Meta, respecting this human right includes the risk that content may provoke harm, including human trafficking, state-sponsored online threats, and non-state groups engaged in or advocating for violence or hate. Examples of potential inherent salient human rights risks identified in CSRA Examples of how Meta addresses the potential risk Bad actors: Our security policies are designed to • Exploiting Meta services and apps to coordinate online or offline harm • Misusing services and apps for cyber-attacks or phishing identify and defend against adversarial threats. Meta has tools and resources for HRDs and journalists, which were built with direct feedback from HRDs. • Threatening and harassing human rights defenders (HRDs), activists, and other vulnerable groups We expanded the availability of Facebook Protect to more people, particularly HRDs, allowing them to have more control over their accounts, including who they allow to see their posts. The Safety Guide in our Privacy Center centralizes a range of resources to help people manage their privacy settings to protect themselves from online surveillance or unauthorized or compelled access. It also provides help to find support if they’re experiencing bullying and harassment. We collaborated with experts and HRDs across a range of issues to create policies, tools, and resources including digital literacy, child protection, and tips for parents. Meta invests in countering the misuse of our services by authoritarian governments, terrorist groups, or other bad actors who attempt to surveil regime critics, opposition figures, and HRDs. We take action when we see such activity, block their domain infrastructure from being shared on our services, and, where feasible and as appropriate, notify people who we believe were targeted by these malicious operations. Human rights report 22

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Date Published: Sep 20, 2023

Abstract: This is Meta’s second annual Human Rights Report, covering the calendar year 2022. It demonstrates how we are living up to the commitments made in our Corporate Human Rights Policy, which is based on the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). The report shows how we are building on our work to respect human rights, how we assess potential impacts that could be linked to our services, and what we are doing to mitigate these risks.

Over the years, Meta’s services and apps have helped grassroots movements grow rapidly, challenge orthodoxies, advocate for rights, and in doing so, change the world. 2022 was no exception. As new challenges emerge, our human rights work evolves to address such issues as the use of our services in countries in conflict, threats to an open internet, and the rise of artificial intelligence.

We have strengthened our governance systems to advance our work toward respecting human rights across all our products and services. This includes continuing to empower the Oversight Board, which published 12 content moderation decisions and made 91 recommendations in 2022. Our efforts to strengthen governance also include training our employees. During the year, we launched human rights training titled Bigger than Meta: Human Rights company-wide.

In 2022, Meta passed its Global Network Initiative assessment, which included an examination of our policies and processes as well as eight specific illustrative case studies involving government takedown requests and data requests.

Human rights due diligence is central to our Corporate Human Rights Policy. In this report, we disclose key findings from our Comprehensive Human Rights Salient Risk Assessment (CSRA) and provide an update on our implementation of the recommendations borne of the due diligence work.

In 2022, we conducted the CSRA in partnership with Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), an independent organization with expertise in human rights. The analysis identified eight potential salient risks as highest priority, based on UNGP criteria. These were 1.) Freedom of Opinion and Expression; 2.) Privacy; 3.) Equality and Non-Discrimination; 4.) Life, Liberty, and Security of Person; 5.) Best Interests of the Child; 6.) Public Participation, to Vote, and to Be Elected; 7.) Freedom of Association and Assembly; and 8.) Right to Health. The assessment found that the potential risks relating to how Meta delivers our services and profit models are varied and nuanced.

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