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3. Foreword the world. For example, the European Union’s Digital Services Act, enacted in 2022, creates significant due diligence and reporting obligations for Meta but is explicitly linked to the region’s fundamental rights framework. This is against the backdrop of the evolving threat to the open internet and the fundamental rights of our users that comes from the spread of an authoritarian internet model, with citizens segregated from the rest of the global internet. “More than 3.5 billion people use Meta’s apps — Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger — every month. It means that between a third and half of all human beings on Earth use them. And in doing so, they have access to an interconnected world of people, ideas, news, communities, and commerce unconstrained by local or national boundaries. This scale of connectedness is unprecedented in human history.” Nick Clegg, President, Global Affairs In this report, we share our progress toward respecting human rights across all our programs, services, and policies. We continue to explore new avenues to incorporate human rights into our services and practices. This includes our work advancing democracy, ensuring an open and interoperable metaverse, and finding ways to help ensure AI serves communities fairly. All our efforts are grounded in our commitment to our Corporate Human Rights Policy and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). We don’t do this work alone. The Oversight Board plays a critical, industry-leading role as an independent and expert arbiter that reviews content decisions and offers policy advisory opinions and recommendations. As per its charter, the Oversight Board pays particular attention to the human rights norms protecting free expression. Our work is also informed by the principles and practices of specialized multilateral and UN organizations and multi-stakeholder alliances. We are members of the UN Global Compact and support its principles. And we continue to participate in the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights B-Tech Project, which works to develop authoritative guidance and resources for implementing the UNGPs in the technology sector. As a member Human rights report 8

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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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