Facebook has for years used a little known VIP program that’s enabled millions of high-profile users to skirt its rules, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. According to the report, ...

The Facebook-appointed Oversight Board said its investigation found the company hid from them details of its whitelisting program, X-check, which exempted VIP users from the normal enforcement rules.

Facebook's Oversight Board has issued a rebuke to the company in a new quarterly report, claiming it was not "fully forthcoming" about its XCheck program for VIP users. The documents shows the limits ...