President Biden blasts 'shameful' Meta decision to scrap US fact-checkingUS President Joe Biden criticised Meta for ending fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the US. He called it shameful. Meta's decision...
11 Jan, 2025, 11.20 AM IST
Meta clears use of Palestinian slogan 'From the River to the Sea'Meta's Oversight Board ruled on Wednesday that the standalone use of the phrase "From the River to the Sea," a slogan oft-used by pro-Pales...
05 Sep, 2024, 01.39 PM IST
Meta expands hate speech policy to remove more posts targeting 'Zionists'Meta will delete posts misusing 'Zionists' to target Jews or Israelis with antisemitic stereotypes or harm. After consulting 145 stakeholde...
09 Jul, 2024, 10.40 PM IST
Russia convicts Meta spokesperson in a swift trial in absentiaRussia convicts Meta's Andy Stone for justifying terrorism post Ukraine invasion. Hate speech policy changes result in criminal case. Meta ...
23 Apr, 2024, 09.15 AM IST
Oversight Board upholds Meta’s decision of removing video of communal violence in OdishaMajority of the board also backs decision to remove identical videos across Meta platforms given violence in Odisha at the time
30 Nov, 2023, 02.10 PM IST
Israel conflict: Meta takes steps to remove Hamas-related disinformationIn the three days after the attack, Meta said it removed or marked as disturbing more than 795,000 pieces of content in Hebrew or Arabic.
13 Oct, 2023, 04.42 PM IST
Meta sends Maharashtra Legislative Assembly member's content referral to Oversight BoardAs part of its Q1 2023 Oversight Board quarterly update, Meta said between January 1 and March 31, 2023, it submitted eight content referra...
18 May, 2023, 09.27 PM IST
Facebook approved ads promoting violence in wake of Brazil riots: reportEarlier this month, thousands of supporters of Brazil's far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the nation's congress, supreme co...
19 Jan, 2023, 04.01 PM IST
Facebook violated rights of Palestinian users, report findsThe comments caused an uproar and the police issued a clarification saying that his proposal was only meant for extreme cases. Omer Barlev,...
23 Sep, 2022, 12.26 PM IST
Facebook-owner Meta releases first human rights reportThe report, which covers due diligence performed in 2020 and 2021, includes a summary of a controversial human rights impact assessment of ...
15 Jul, 2022, 07.42 AM IST
Facebook-owner Meta releases first human rights reportThe report, which covers due diligence performed in 2020 and 2021, includes a summary of a controversial human rights impact assessment of ...
14 Jul, 2022, 06.51 PM IST
How war in Ukraine roiled Facebook and InstagramMeta has made more than half a dozen content policy revisions since Russia invaded Ukraine last month. The company has permitted posts abou...
31 Mar, 2022, 10.43 AM IST
Meta narrows guidance to restrict calls for death of a head of stateThe move came after Reuters reported last week that Meta was temporarily allowing some posts on Facebook and Instagram calling for the deat...
14 Mar, 2022, 01.36 PM IST
Lawmaker calls for block on Instagram after Meta allows hate speech against RussiansA Meta spokesperson confirmed it had temporarily eased its rules for political speech, allowing posts such as "death to the Russian invader...
12 Mar, 2022, 10.03 AM IST
Facebook allows Ukraine war posts urging violence against invading Russians, Vladimir PutinThe social media company is also temporarily allowing some posts that call for death to Russian President Vladimir Putin or Belarusian Pres...
11 Mar, 2022, 10.33 AM IST
Russia demands that US stop Meta's "extremist activities"Meta Platforms will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the ...
11 Mar, 2022, 09.40 AM IST
Oversight Board wants Meta Platforms to look into 'doxing' issuesThe Board is recommending that Meta’s policies should go further in preventing individuals’ private residential information from being post...
08 Feb, 2022, 08.05 PM IST