'Facebook launches corporate policy, fund to support human rights', 17 March, 2021

Facebook has launched a corporate human rights policy, covering all of Facebook Inc., and a fund to support human rights, the company announced on March 16. The announcement was made in a blog post by Miranda Sissons, Director of Human Rights at Facebook... Explaining more about the fund, Sissons said Facebook has “worked over the years” to support human rights defenders using the platform and this fund will provide “offline support. “(The) fund we are creating will give offline assistance to human rights defenders facing critical threats and support new digital security efforts, beginning in Asia later this year. We’ll also build on our existing work to protect defenders’ accounts,” she wrote... These efforts she said include combating malicious actors who are targeting them, protecting them from incorrect content removals using Cross Check, offering advanced security options, taking steps to thwart unauthorized access to the accounts of defenders who are arrested or detained, and partnering with human rights organizations on outreach and training...