The Facebook-appointed Oversight Board said its investigation found the company hid from them details of its whitelisting program, X-check, which exempted VIP users from the normal enforcement rules.

A Facebook program known as "XCheck," or Cross Check, reportedly exempts millions of high-profile users from community standards applied to less-famous and less-wealthy users. Musicians, star athletes ...

The social media giant apparently has a secret program that allows America's rich and famous to flout its rule system. Reading time 3 minutes For years, Facebook has operated a little known program ...

Facebook has for years used a little known VIP program that’s enabled millions of high-profile users to skirt its rules, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. According to the report, ...

The oversight board at Facebook says it will review the social media giant’s “XCheck” system following a report from The Wall Street Journal, which found it allows VIP users to use the platform exempt ...

A Facebook and Instagram program that gives celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users special treatment does more for parent company Meta's business interests than its stated purpose of ...

We’re going to be brutally honest here. With a few exceptions, no one on Facebook cares if your car breaks down or that you’re having the time of your life while on vacation in Hawaii. A celebrity, on ...

Facebook failed to provide crucial details about its “Cross-Check” program that reportedly shielded millions of VIP users from the social media platform’s normal content moderation rules, according to ...