Meta's Oversight Board tells company to allow 'death to Khamenei' posts

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Meta's Oversight Board tells company to allow 'death to Khamenei' posts
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The board, which is funded by Meta but operates independently, said in a ruling that the phrase is often used to mean “down with Khamenei” in referring to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NEW YORK - Meta’s Oversight Board on Monday overturned the company’s decision to remove a Facebook post that used the slogan “death to Khamenei” to criticise the Iranian leader, saying it did not violate a rule barring violent threats.

It also urged the company to develop better ways of factoring such context into its content policies and outline clearly when rhetorical threats against heads of state were permitted. The unrest created a now-familiar conundrum for Meta, which has wavered repeatedly in its treatment of violent political rhetoric on its platforms.

 

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