Facebook’s Civil Rights Audit Finally, in June 2020, Facebook announced that it would start being more transparent about when it deems content “newsworthy” and makes the decision to leave up otherwise violating content. Facebook reports that it will now be inserting a label on such content informing users that the content violates Community Standards but Facebook has left it up because it believes the content is newsworthy and that the public interest value of the content outweighs its risk of harm. Setting aside the Auditors’ concerns about the newsworthiness policy itself (especially its potential application to voting-related content), the Auditors believe this move toward greater transparency is important because it enables Facebook to be held accountable for its application of the policy. By labeling content left up as newsworthy, users will be able to better understand how often Facebook is applying the policy and in what circumstances. 41