Meta’s oversight board rebukes company over policy overhaul

Anti-trans posts can stay, Meta board rules – but expresses concern about policy

Meta's Oversight Board has decided anti-trans posts can stay, but tells Meta to remove anti-transgender language from its hate speech policy.

Meta Oversight Board: Viral trans videos do not violate hate speech policy

Two viral videos featuring transgender youth will remain on Facebook and Instagram. Meta’s Oversight Board upheld the company’s decision despite criticism from LGBTQ+ advocates and concerns over hate speech. The Meta Oversight Board gender identity videos ruling has sparked national debate. While some defend the content as opinion, others believe it promotes harmful narratives about transgender people. Videos can remain online The board reviewed…

Videos demeaning trans women and girls don’t violate Meta’s guidelines, Oversight Board rules

Meta’s Oversight Board this week upheld decisions by Facebook and Instagram to leave up two posts targeting trans women even after numerous users reported them as harmful. The majority of the Oversight Board found that neither post violated Meta’s content guidelines for “Hateful Conduct” or “Bullying and Harassment,” basing the decision on reporting technicalities and recent changes to Meta’s content rules, per a joint statement. The Oversight B…

Meta Oversight Board Says Video That Misgenders, Names Trans Minor Can Stay on Its Platforms

The five-member board ruled that the video, along with another anti-trans video, does not constitute hate speech.

Meta Oversight Board rules anti-transgender videos don't violate hate speech rules

Meta's Oversight Board has determined that posts mocking and invalidating transgender people do not violate its bullying and harassment policies.The board ruled Wednesday that two posts about trans women that denied their gender identities didn’t violate the company’s hate-speech rules, according to a report from The Washington Post, including a video showing a trans woman using a woman’s bathroom and another showing a trans girl winning a girl'…

Meta’s Oversight Board Urges Company to Reassess Changes Made Before Trump’s Inauguration

Meta’s Oversight Board was recently told to reevaluate the changes made by the tech giant before Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the USA. The board called out both Facebook and Instagram for making some abrupt changes without taking into consideration what impact they might have on users. The policy overhaul arose at the start of the year, out of which the most shocking part was eliminating fact-checkers and replacing them with Commu…