Meta’s oversight board on Tuesday called on the company to end its blanket ban on the Arabic word “shaheed,” or “martyr” in English, after a year-long review found the Facebook owner’s approach was “overbroad” and had unnecessarily suppressed the speech of millions of users. The board, which is funded by Meta META-Q but operates independently, said the social media giant should remove posts containing the word “shaheed” only when they are linked to clear signs of violence or if they separately break other Meta rules. The ruling comes after years of criticism of the company’s handling of content involving the...
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Monitoring Antisemitism & Jewish Security Intel
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
