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5. How we identify and address salient human rights risks Equality and Non-Discrimination The Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination provides for equal protection against any discrimination. While the democratization of technology continues to make the internet more accessible to a wider range of people, not all communities share the same experiences online, especially marginalized individuals and communities. We strive to create a more inclusive and equitable online environment for all users through our Community Standards and Community Guidelines, which prohibit hate speech, bullying, and harassment. Our Human Rights and Civil Rights teams work together to strive to respect the equal rights of individuals and enhance equity on all our technologies. Examples of potential inherent salient human rights risks identified in CSRA Examples of how Meta addresses the potential risk Content adversely impacting equality and Our Facebook Community Standards, non-discrimination (e.g., hate speech) including policies regarding hate speech, which relate to protected characteristics, outline what is and isn’t allowed on Facebook. The Instagram Community Guidelines outline what is and isn’t allowed on Instagram. We take action against content that violates our policies. Our Advertising Standards provide policy detail and guidance on the types of ad content we allow and the types of ad content and targeting we prohibit. We continued our work to build responsible AI systems to reduce bias and improve fairness, including in areas like ad delivery and reducing the prevalence of harmful language in generative AI applications. We took a major step forward to help researchers measure fairness in our AI models. A lack of diverse data — or data that represents a wide range of people and experiences — can lead to AI-powered outcomes that reflect problematic stereotypes or fail to work equally for everyone. That’s why we worked to prepare Casual Conversations v2, a Human rights report 19

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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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