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Independent Oversight Board Warns Against Online Abuses, Deepfakes During Global Polls
Oversight Board warned that inaccurate enforcement by social media platforms and unequal investment in global election integrity efforts have increased the risks of poll-related violence, and problematic suppression of critical political speech.
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Meta Accused Of Mishandling Israel-Hamas War Posts
Meta's independent oversight board on Tuesday criticized the social media titan of removing posts that showed human suffering in the Middle East conflict.
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Meta Board To Review How It Handled Violent, Hateful Content On Israel-Hamas War
Meta's independent Oversight Board said on Thursday it will review how the company has handled violent content on its social media platforms in two cases involving hostage-taking and bombing in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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Facebook Parent Meta's Oversight Board Increased Policy Implementation in Q3 2022
Facebook parent Meta Platforms implemented more recommendations from its oversight board in the third quarter than the second, the independent body said on Wednesday. The oversight board received more than a quarter of a million appeals from Facebook and Instagram users around the world during the quarter ended September 30.
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Facebook Parent Meta's Oversight Board Can Now Apply Warning Screens to Moderate Content
Meta Platforms' independent oversight board said on Thursday that starting this month, it can decide on applying warning screens, marking content as "disturbing" or "sensitive". The board, which already has the ability to review user appeals to remove content, said it would be able to make binding decisions to apply a warning screen when "leaving u...
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Facebook-Parent Meta to 'Assess Feasibility' of Human Rights Review on Ethiopia Practices
Facebook owner Meta Platforms said it would "assess the feasibility" of commissioning an independent human rights assessment into its work in Ethiopia, after its oversight board recommended a review of how Facebook and Instagram have been used to spread content that heightens the risk of violence there.
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Facebook's Oversight Board Says Company Not 'Fully Forthcoming' on How It Deals With High-Profile Users
Facebook's independent oversight board demanded more transparency from the social media giant, saying the company was not "fully forthcoming" on how it deals with certain high-profile user accounts.
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Facebook's Oversight Board To Meet Whistleblower Frances Haugen
Facebook Inc's oversight board, a body set up by the social network to give independent verdicts on a small number of thorny content decisions, said on Monday it would meet with former employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen in the coming weeks.
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Facebook Oversight Board Seeks Clarity on XCheck Review System for High-Profile Users
Facebook's independent Oversight Board said it has asked the social networking giant to provide clarity on the system it uses to review content decisions relating to some high-profile users.
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Facebook 'Lost' Important Rule on Dangerous Individuals for Three Years, Oversight Board Says
Facebook "misplaced" guidance on an important exemption to its rules on dangerous individuals and organisations for three years, the company's independent oversight board said.
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Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Trump Ban, Calls For More Review
Facebook's independent oversight board on Wednesday upheld the platform's ban on former US president Donald Trump but called for a further review of the penalty within six months.
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Facebook Oversight Board To Announce Decision On Trump Ban On May 5
Facebook Inc's independent oversight board tweeted on Monday it would announce a decision May 5 on whether to uphold former US President Donald Trump's indefinite suspension from the social media platform and Instagram.
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Facebook Oversight Panel Will Now Review Takedown Requests for ‘Harmful Content’
Facebook's independent Oversight Board announced it would start accepting requests to remove "harmful content" that users believe has been wrongly allowed to remain on the leading social network.
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Facebook Oversight Board Says It Received Appeal From 'User' in Donald Trump Ban Case
Facebook's oversight board has received a "user statement" for the case it is deciding about whether the social media company was right to indefinitely suspend former President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts, a board spokeswoman confirmed on Tuesday.
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Facebook to Stop Recommending Political Groups to Users
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said the social network will no longer recommend
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Independent Oversight Board Warns Against Online Abuses, Deepfakes During Global Polls
Oversight Board warned that inaccurate enforcement by social media platforms and unequal investment in global election integrity efforts have increased the risks of poll-related violence, and problematic suppression of critical political speech.
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Meta Accused Of Mishandling Israel-Hamas War Posts
Meta's independent oversight board on Tuesday criticized the social media titan of removing posts that showed human suffering in the Middle East conflict.
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Meta Board To Review How It Handled Violent, Hateful Content On Israel-Hamas War
Meta's independent Oversight Board said on Thursday it will review how the company has handled violent content on its social media platforms in two cases involving hostage-taking and bombing in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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Facebook Parent Meta's Oversight Board Increased Policy Implementation in Q3 2022
Facebook parent Meta Platforms implemented more recommendations from its oversight board in the third quarter than the second, the independent body said on Wednesday. The oversight board received more than a quarter of a million appeals from Facebook and Instagram users around the world during the quarter ended September 30.
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Facebook Parent Meta's Oversight Board Can Now Apply Warning Screens to Moderate Content
Meta Platforms' independent oversight board said on Thursday that starting this month, it can decide on applying warning screens, marking content as "disturbing" or "sensitive". The board, which already has the ability to review user appeals to remove content, said it would be able to make binding decisions to apply a warning screen when "leaving u...
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Facebook-Parent Meta to 'Assess Feasibility' of Human Rights Review on Ethiopia Practices
Facebook owner Meta Platforms said it would "assess the feasibility" of commissioning an independent human rights assessment into its work in Ethiopia, after its oversight board recommended a review of how Facebook and Instagram have been used to spread content that heightens the risk of violence there.
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Facebook's Oversight Board Says Company Not 'Fully Forthcoming' on How It Deals With High-Profile Users
Facebook's independent oversight board demanded more transparency from the social media giant, saying the company was not "fully forthcoming" on how it deals with certain high-profile user accounts.
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Facebook's Oversight Board To Meet Whistleblower Frances Haugen
Facebook Inc's oversight board, a body set up by the social network to give independent verdicts on a small number of thorny content decisions, said on Monday it would meet with former employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen in the coming weeks.
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Facebook Oversight Board Seeks Clarity on XCheck Review System for High-Profile Users
Facebook's independent Oversight Board said it has asked the social networking giant to provide clarity on the system it uses to review content decisions relating to some high-profile users.
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Facebook 'Lost' Important Rule on Dangerous Individuals for Three Years, Oversight Board Says
Facebook "misplaced" guidance on an important exemption to its rules on dangerous individuals and organisations for three years, the company's independent oversight board said.
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Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Trump Ban, Calls For More Review
Facebook's independent oversight board on Wednesday upheld the platform's ban on former US president Donald Trump but called for a further review of the penalty within six months.
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Facebook Oversight Board To Announce Decision On Trump Ban On May 5
Facebook Inc's independent oversight board tweeted on Monday it would announce a decision May 5 on whether to uphold former US President Donald Trump's indefinite suspension from the social media platform and Instagram.
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Facebook Oversight Panel Will Now Review Takedown Requests for ‘Harmful Content’
Facebook's independent Oversight Board announced it would start accepting requests to remove "harmful content" that users believe has been wrongly allowed to remain on the leading social network.
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Facebook Oversight Board Says It Received Appeal From 'User' in Donald Trump Ban Case
Facebook's oversight board has received a "user statement" for the case it is deciding about whether the social media company was right to indefinitely suspend former President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts, a board spokeswoman confirmed on Tuesday.
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Facebook to Stop Recommending Political Groups to Users
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said the social network will no longer recommend
