Board to Review Facebook Policy on Private Residential Info

Facebook's oversight board will review company policy on sharing private residential information, it said Tuesday. The social media giant asked the panel for recommendations about its policy on privacy violations and image privacy rights, it said. The request noted potential harms linked to releasing personal information such as addresses, including “doxing” (releasing documents) for revenge or stalking. Facebook must send panel recommendations through its official policy development process and give regular updates; it must publicly respond and follow up on recommendations within 30 days of receiving them, the board said. It wants input by July 9 whether free speech is unduly restricted if Facebook bars users from sharing any private residential information; benefits and limitations of automated technologies in enforcing the policy; and how the company should treat private information about a public figure and how that should be defined.