In its first year, Meta’s system for appeals against its decisions to delete content from Facebook and Instagram received almost 1.1 million cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of the contested posts, which were from the US, Canada, or Europe, had been deleted due to violence, hate speech, or bullying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Oversight Board rejected Meta 14 times out of the 20 cases for which it issued decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One case was the removal of female breast photos from a breast cancer page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Others included a picture of a dead kid next to text debating whether Donald Trump’s exclusion was appropriate in the wake of the Capitol Hill protests and China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The board overturned Meta’s decision to remove the first two examples, but maintained its decision to prohibit Mr Trump – although it disputed the “indefinite” time term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It had initially picked 130 cases to investigate, but Meta conceded up front that it had been mistaken on 51 of those occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thomas Hughes, a board member, stated that the organisation looked for “emblematic” cases with “problematic features” to take on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that the categories of hate speech, violence and bullying were “difficult-to-judge issues” – especially for automated systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Context is crucial in many of such situations, he continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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