![]() ![]() In a sixth case announced Tuesday, a user had shared comments made by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad saying Muslims have the right to kill millions of French people-comments which were removed by Facebook for violating hate speech rules. A post within a Facebook group criticizing France’s COVID-19 strategy and claiming that the unproven drugs hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin are cures for COVID-19.Īll of the posts were originally deleted by Facebook moderators-decisions that the users behind the messages argue were unfair.The user said the quote was meant as commentary on current U.S. A case where a user shared a quote by Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda head, about the importance of appealing to emotions rather than intellect and the unimportance of truth in political propaganda. ![]() A case where a user shared photos of breast cancer symptoms, some of which included a visible female nipple, in what they said was an effort to raise awareness.A case of a user accusing Azerbaijanis of demolishing Armenian-built churches, alongside a caption indicating disdain for Azerbaijani people.A case where a user shared two photos of a dead child, along with commentary asking why China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims has not been met with retaliation.1, but did not release specifics that would identify the users involved. The board shared details about its first six cases on Dec. What are the cases the Facebook Oversight Board is considering? “We don’t know if this board is actually going to make any sort of difference on the policy and behavior of the platform until they decide their first cases and we see how Facebook reacts,” says Dia Kayyali, associate director of advocacy at Mnemonic, a human rights group. The goal, the board said, is to set precedents by ruling on cases that will likely affect lots of users. It also has no subpoena power to request internal documents from Facebook-for example, in cases where complaints have been made about staff decision-making, a spokesperson for the board confirmed to TIME.Īnd so far, it has only selected six cases out of more than 20,000 reported by users since submissions opened in October, and has given itself three months to deliberate. ![]()
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