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Free Speech or Reputation Repair? Meta’s Bid to Start Over Now It’s Politically Convenient
Zuckerberg aims to rewrite Meta’s history with free expression push.
Meta’s Oversight Board Is Helping Big Tech Companies Comply With the EU’s Censorship Law
Meta’s Oversight Board eyes the EU’s Digital Services Act as a potential funding source to continue its contentious content moderation efforts.
Meta’s Oversight Board Recommends Continuing Covid Censorship Until WHO Calls End to Pandemic
Letting the WHO make the call.
Oversight Board Tells Facebook to Allow “Death to Khamenei”
New ruling suggests allowing users to call for the death of Iran’s leader because people mean it figuratively.
Democrats Tell Meta to Keep President Trump Off Facebook
They don’t want Trump to be reinstated in January.
Oversight Board Tells Meta to Stop Complying With Police Requests to Censor Rap Music
Meta gives a heavy weight to police requests, even when it’s to stifle creative expression.
Facebook Says It Has No Plans to Reinstate Trump, Despite Announcing Candidacy
Facebook is expected to reconsider in January.
Meta Oversight Board Says Facebook’s Image Auto-Censorship Tech Is Broken, Harming Free Speech
The technology is automatically censoring speech.
Oversight Board Overturns Facebook Censorship Decision of User Asking for Advice on How to Speak to a Doctor
It’s not just with Covid that Facebook has been inserting itself into matters of health.
Facebook Banned Cocktail Expert After He Joked That Peas Should Be Illegal
FB’s algorithms thought it was an incitement to violence.
