Instagram’s Mass Account Block Leaves Users in Turmoil

Instagram’s mass account block leaves users in turmoil

A growing number of Instagram users are complaining that their accounts are being suspended abruptly without explanation, fueling doubts about the platform’s transparency and enforcement of community guidelines. Complaints from its users have been increasingly surfacing online, sharing that their accounts have been disabled or deleted without any clear explanation or proper appeal process. “I’ve been using my account for three years to post pers…

Reclaimed Words and a Meta Oversight Board Decision Reveal Problems with Policing Online Hate Speech

To appreciate the complexities of policing online hate speech that underlie an April summary decision by Meta’s Oversight Board, let’s start with a musical detour through a 2017 US Supreme Court opinion called Matal v. Tam. The Court faced the First Amendment question in Matal of whether the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) could lawfully deny a band’s request to register its name––The Slants––as a trademark. The PTO claimed denial was okay …

Meta’s Oversight Board Slams Slow Moderation of Deepfake Celebrity Ads on Platform

Meta has come under fresh scrutiny after its independent Oversight Board raised serious concerns about the company’s slow and uneven response to a growing wave of deepfake scams featuring celebrity impersonations. These fraudulent ads, many of which use AI to mimic well-known public figures, have quietly gained traction across Meta's platforms, often spreading unchecked for days — and sometimes even weeks — before any meaningful action is taken.…

Meta Oversight Board Slams Parent Company Over Viral Ronaldo Deepfake

Meta’s Oversight Board ordered the removal of a Ronaldo deepfake ad, calling out the platform’s weak enforcement of anti-fraud rules.

Meta Oversight Board Orders Removal of Deepfake Ronaldo Video Amid Rising AI Scam Concerns

Metas Oversight Board has ordered the removal of a deceptive AI-generated video on Facebook featuring Brazilian football icon Ronaldo Nazário. The video falsely showed Ronaldo promoting an online gambling app called Plinko, claiming users could earn more than by working typical jobs in Brazil. Despite racking up over 600,000 views and being flagged by a user, Meta initially failed to prioritize or remove the misleading content. After internal ap…

Meta's Oversight Board poses a grave danger

(JNS) — In today’s volatile world, with the Middle East undergoing significant change, Meta (formerly Facebook) has a Supreme Court-like body that determines content on Facebook and Instagram, comprising 21 people on an independent board that even Mark Zuckerberg (its founder, chairman and CEO) cannot fire. The so-called Oversight Board comprises many Jew-hating non-Americans who decided recently...