Facebook has hired Roy Austin, former Obama administration official and a member of President Joe Biden's transition team, as the social media company's vice president of Civil Rights and deputy general counsel.
"I am delighted to welcome Roy to Facebook as our VP of Civil Rights. Roy has proved throughout his career that he is a passionate and principled advocate for civil rights-whether it is in the courtroom or the White House," said Facebook General Counsel Jennifer Newstead in a Jan. 11 release.
Austin's appointment underscores the closeness of Facebook to the Biden administration.
Former Facebook associate general counsel Jessica Hertz was the Biden transition's general counsel and is his new White House staff secretary.
Erskine Bowles, a former Facebook board member, reportedly advised the transition team.
Facebook moderators were told that prohibited "Hate Speech" against certain groups was to be left alone under some circumstances as long as it aligned with the company's agenda, according to a 2018 memo to moderators working at Cognizant, a firm that at the time contracted with Facebook to shoulder part of the content policing.
Facebook quietly removed the exception from the publicly available version of its policy, but this change was never communicated to its content moderators, and, in practice, the exception remained in place, according to Zach McElroy, who used to work as a Facebook moderator at Cognizant.
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Facebook Hires Biden Transition, Obama Admin Official as VP of 'Civil Rights'
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