"For sensitive research, we can mitigate the risk in two ways: • Be mindful about how we structure the research and communicate the findings • Conduct highly-sensitive research under attorney-client privilege"

"What makes research sensitive? Sensitive means research that may have comms, policy, or legal risks" "Sensitive Populations • U13U13Under-13Users below the minimum age of 13 set by Meta's terms of service and by COPPA. "U13" denotes both the age cohort and the underage accounts Meta's own documents discuss detecting, removing, or building products for.Full entry ↗ (under 13) children • U18 (under 18) teens • specific race/ethnicity • political/economic group • health or disability traits • sexual orientation, gender identity" "Sensitive Topics • elections • alcohol / drugs / tobacco • privacy settings • accessibility • health and safety • integrity (e.g. online abuse, suicide, harassment, bullying, mental health, trafficking, CEICEIChild Exploitative ImageryMeta's policy and enforcement category for imagery that sexually exploits children, tracked separately from Minor Sexualization and from Inappropriate Interactions with Children. The source document has executives weighing whether to limit the CEI figure published in the Community Standards Enforcement Report to Facebook only, "to avoid a step-change some time in the future when we lose access to private messaging", at a point when by their own estimate "almost 90%" of egregious CEI content was on Messenger.Full entry ↗)" "Sensitive Data Types • biometric data, face recognition, voice recognition • geolocation data • employee data • third party data • off-platform tracking • user-generated content (UGC) • WhatsApp data" "For sensitive research, we can mitigate the risk in two ways: • Be mindful about how we structure the research and communicate the findings • Conduct highly-sensitive research under attorney-client privilege" "When framing sensitive research findings, DON'T: • Avoid vague terms or overgeneralizing research results • Avoid use of legal terminology or making legal conclusions • Avoid clickbait or sensationalized statements or claims ◦ Be mindful of buzzwords or triggering phrases ◦ Stick to the objective facts"