2025-02-26
The Oversight Board will weigh in on Meta’s new hate speech policies
Less than two weeks before Donald Trump’s inauguration, Meta announced sweeping changes to its content moderation procedures, reportedly at the behest of Mark Zuckerberg and a small group of advisors. Among those caught off guard was the company’s own Oversight Board, the independent organization created by Meta to help shape its most sensitive policy decisions. The group is now looking to examine those changes, and in doing so, will test the enforceability of its own powers.
The changes Meta has enacted drastically reshape how the company polices content across Facebook, Instagram and Threads. It ended i [...]
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Meta tells the Oversight Board it isn't removing the word 'transgenderism' from its hate speech rules
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2025-06-05
The Oversight Board says Meta isn't doing enough to fight celeb deepfake scams
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2025-06-24
The Oversight Board calls Meta's uneven AI moderation 'incoherent and unjustifiable'
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2025-05-29
Facebook sees rise in violent content and harassment after policy changes
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2025-01-07
Meta is ditching third-party fact checkers on Facebook, Instagram
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a big shift in the company's approach to moderation and speech. Meta will be suspending its fact-checking program and will move to an X-style Community Notes mo [...]
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Meta and Oakley announce new 'perfomance AI' smart glasses for athletes
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