Meta's oversight board rebukes company over policy overhaulMeta's Oversight Board has strongly criticized the company's recent policy changes, which eased restrictions on contentious topics and redu...
23 Apr, 2025, 09.46 AM IST
Harris and Walz as ‘Dumb and Dumber’: Meta’s Oversight Board restores meme poking fun at Democratic presidential nominees after Facebook banUS Presidential Elections 2024 are approaching really close with every passing day and at the same time, several kinds of memes on social m...
24 Oct, 2024, 08.46 PM IST
Meta watchdog raises 'serious questions' on anti-immigrant postsMeta's Oversight Board investigates the social media giant's handling of anti-immigrant content in Europe, prompted by numerous appeals. Th...
17 Oct, 2024, 11.23 PM IST
Meta's oversight board backs takedown of Australian voter fraud postsMeta's board upheld removing Facebook posts calling for multiple votes in an indigenous rights referendum due to unclear voter fraud rules....
09 May, 2024, 10.11 PM IST
Meta oversight board urges company to end ban on Arabic word 'shaheed'The board, which is funded by Meta but operates independently, said the social media giant should remove posts containing the word "shaheed...
27 Mar, 2024, 04.46 PM IST
Meta oversight board urges company to end ban on Arabic word 'shaheed'Meta's oversight board urges relaxing Facebook's ban on "shaheed" to apply only to violent or rule-breaking content. Criticism over Middle ...
26 Mar, 2024, 08.20 PM IST
Meta's Oversight Board includes Threads under its purviewThe board said, in addition to the 130 million people using Threads, Meta will also be able to refer cases about content on the social medi...
23 Feb, 2024, 09.28 AM IST
Meta oversight board, reviewing Biden video, says deepfake rule 'incoherent'Meta's Oversight Board has found a Facebook video wrongfully suggesting that U.S. President Joe Biden is a pedophile does not violate the c...
05 Feb, 2024, 04.40 PM IST
Meta Oversight Board says Israel-Hamas videos should not have been removedSince Hamas' attack in Israel on October 7, social media platforms have seen renewed scrutiny over their content moderation practices due t...
19 Dec, 2023, 04.42 PM IST
Facebook parent Meta to withdraw from selection of Oversight Board membersThe Oversight Board is an independent body that people can appeal to if they disagree with the decisions about content on Facebook or Insta...
05 Apr, 2023, 10.35 PM IST
Meta's oversight board to review moderation of Arabic word 'shaheed'Meta has asked the board for advice on whether it should continue to remove posts that use the word "shaheed" to refer to individuals desig...
09 Mar, 2023, 06.28 PM IST
Meta Oversight Board to begin reviewing cases more quicklyThe Oversight Board was created in late 2020 to review Facebook and Instagram's decisions on taking down or leaving up certain content and ...
14 Feb, 2023, 11.01 PM IST
Meta oversight board's policy footprint increases in third quarterThe oversight board received more than a quarter of a million appeals from Facebook and Instagram users around the world during the quarter...
14 Dec, 2022, 07.40 PM IST
Meta Oversight Board calls for overhaul of controversial 'cross-check' system for VIPsThe arrangement, called cross-check, adds a layer of enforcement review for millions of Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to celebr...
06 Dec, 2022, 04.37 PM IST
Meta's oversight board open to discussing content moderation with TwitterElon Musk, who recently acquired Twitter, said on Friday the company will be forming a content moderation council with "widely diverse view...
29 Oct, 2022, 09.13 AM IST
Meta's Oversight Board announces new case for consideration from IndiaThe India case has been referred to the board by Meta and involves a sexual harassment video uploaded on its photo and video sharing app In...
15 Sep, 2022, 08.37 PM IST
Meta withdraws Ukraine war content policy guidance requestRussia banned Facebook and Instagram in March, finding Meta guilty of "extremist activity" amid Moscow's crackdown on social media during i...
11 May, 2022, 10.58 PM IST