Facebook shields VIPs from some of its rules — report
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 26, 2021 Facebook logo is pictured on a laptop screen in Moscow. - Facebook exempts certain celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users from some its own rules for posts as part of a program launched as a quality-control mechanism, the Wall Street Journal reported on September 13, 2021. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
Facebook exempts certain celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users from some of its own rules for posts as part of a program launched as a quality-control mechanism, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
The program, referred to as "cross check" or "XCheck," shields millions of elite users from rules that Facebook claims to apply equally at the social network, according to a report citing intern...