Kelly Scott, a legal assistant at the Stern firm during 2008, said she had been trained to forge her supervisor’s name on legal filings to move paper more quickly, as were other employees, according to a deposition released Monday by the Florida attorney general’s office. Two of the firms are on Freddie’s list, too. But the Florida attorney general is also looking at three other law firms that are among the eight Florida firms Fannie still requires servicers to use. State and federal agencies are now investigating its role, which included making sure that banks were taking back the right homes.īoth companies instructed servicers to stop using the Stern firm earlier this month. "The Oversight Board upheld Facebook's decision after a majority found sufficient evidence of harm to justify the removal," the board said, noting that the images are linked to "racist stereotypes.The Stern firm, endorsed until recently by both Fannie and Freddie, performed the legal work for more than 70,000 foreclosures last year. In one ruling issued Tuesday, the panel upheld Facebook's decision to remove a video posted by someone in the Netherlands showing a young child meeting adults with their faces painted black, dressed to portray "Zwarte Piet," or Black Pete, a folklore personality known in the region as a companion of Saint Nicholas. The panel is reviewing tens of thousands of cases, including Facebook's decision banning former US president Donald Trump. Members of Facebook's Oversight Board come from various countries and include jurists, human rights activists, journalists, a Nobel Peace laureate and a former Danish prime minister. "By empowering their Oversight Board to do their job for them, Facebook is washing its hands of the toughest decisions the company itself should be making," the group said in a statement. "Given Facebook's lack of transparency and consistency when dealing with various misinformation cases, it is unclear whether this expansion of the Oversight Board's purview would actually ensure misinformation is systematically removed from the social media platform."Īn activist group which calls itself "The Real Facebook Oversight Board" said the new effort falls short. "Facebook's Oversight Board lacks infrastructure to handle what will likely be a large influx of cases," Lukito said. Jo Lukito, a professor with the University of Texas Center for Media Engagement, said it remained unclear if Facebook will be overwhelmed by a deluge of takedown requests. "So the Oversight Board becomes in fact a default editorial board." (Facebook CEO Mark) Zuckerberg cannot do this himself, nor can his board of directors and senior executives," Bell said on Twitter.
"This is what a news-driven media company does, and this is what Facebook is. "We're glad the Oversight Board is expanding their scope and impact, and look forward to their future decisions and recommendations."Įmily Bell, director of the Columbia University Tow Center for Digital Journalism, said the change means "a very big escalation of the remit of the Oversight Board," and could move Facebook closer to transformation into a media company. "We expect everyone on Facebook and Instagram to be able to appeal content left up over the coming weeks," said Guy Rosen, head of integrity at Facebook. Users who feel that harmful posts, photos, videos, comments and shares remain online will be able to appeal to the panel to have them removed.Īs part of the new process, the panel will establish procedures including privacy protections for users seeking takedown requests. The announcement comes with Facebook and other social platforms facing intense pressure to act on misinformation and abusive content, ranging from election-related hoaxes to unproven Covid-19 treatments. Today's announcement is another step towards realizing this."
"The board was created to ensure that fewer decisions about highly significant content issues be taken by Facebook alone, and that better decisions can be delivered through an independent and transparent process that works to safeguard human rights and freedom of expression. "Enabling users to appeal content they want to see removed from Facebook is a significant expansion of the Oversight Board's capabilities," said Thomas Hughes, director of the body's administration.
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