Meta has announced significant changes to its content moderation practices, including the termination of its U.S. fact-checking program and a rollback of hate speech protections for marginalized groups. These modifications have raised concerns about the role and significance of its Oversight Board, tasked with guiding policy decisions on safety and free expression. The board is preparing to review these changes, focusing particularly on how the new policies impact hate speech and the treatment of specific communities, challenging the rationale behind its independence.
The changes Meta has enacted drastically reshape how the company polices content across Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
If that's what Meta is now doing, critics have asked, what exactly is the point of an ostensibly independent Oversight Board?
We deliberately delayed the decision of those cases after January 7, precisely so that we could go back to Meta again and ask a new round of questions.
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