Facebook reportedly has a double standard allowing millions of its most famous and elite users, including former President Donald Trump, to get away with breaking the social media giant’s content moderation rules.
Under a special program known as “XCheck,” 5.8 million VIP users in 2020, including a number of high-profile celebrities, politicians, and journalists, were granted immunity from Facebook’s enforcement actions and allowed to post rule-violating content that would get normal users banned or censored on the platform, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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