Reasonable, proportionate and effective? | Oversight Board
In this industry-wide analysis, the Oversight Board offers insights to help very large online platforms and search engines respect freedom of expression,| The Oversight Board
Today, the Board is announcing a new case for consideration. As part of this, we invite people and organizations to submit public comments by using the button below. Case Selection As we cannot hear every appeal, the Board prioritizes cases…| Oversight Board
Today, the Board is announcing new cases for consideration. As part of this, we invite people and organizations to submit public comments by using the button below. Case Selection As we cannot hear every appeal, the Board prioritizes cases that…| Oversight Board
In this industry-wide analysis, the Oversight Board offers insights to help very large online platforms and search engines respect freedom of expression,| The Oversight Board
This policy advisory opinion examines whether Meta should continue to remove certain categories of COVID-19 misinformation, or whether a less restrictive approach would better align with its values and human rights responsibilities.| The Oversight Board
This policy advisory opinion analyzes Meta’s cross-check program, raising important questions around how Meta treats its most powerful users.| The Oversight Board
This policy advisory opinion analyzes Meta's approach to moderating the word “shaheed,” raising important questions about the impact of the Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policy on freedom of expression.| The Oversight Board
A user appealed Meta’s decision to take down a Facebook post containing a video depicting an elderly person holding a sign that reads, in Spanish: “Trading wellness chocolate for insulin.”| The Oversight Board
A user appealed Meta’s decision to remove a Facebook post consisting of a link to a news article about a gunman firing at a church in Sri Lanka.| The Oversight Board
The Oversight Board calls on Meta to add to its tools for moderating content in armed conflict to mitigate information asymmetries its policies may create between different parties to conflicts.| The Oversight Board
In January 2025, an Instagram user in Argentina posted a carousel of text-only images in Spanish that form a poem. The post was shared at the same time as| The Oversight Board
The Oversight Board has raised concerns about repeated overenforcement arising from Meta’s practices that involve Instagram carousels.| The Oversight Board
The Oversight Board’s mission is to improve how Meta treats people and communities around the world.| The Oversight Board
The Oversight Board calls on Meta to add to its tools for moderating content in armed conflict to mitigate information asymmetries its policies may create between different parties to conflicts. The Board emphasizes that civilians in rapidly evolving conflicts utilize…| Oversight Board
The Oversight Board has raised concerns about repeated overenforcement arising from Meta’s practices that involve Instagram carousels.| The Oversight Board
In April 2025, a Facebook user posted two images with a caption, accusing a Filipino politician of corruption. One photo depicts the politician’s family,| The Oversight Board
The Oversight Board is announcing a new case involving political speech involving allegations of corruption against a Filipino politician involving his children.| The Oversight Board
Catch up on the latest news and announcements from across the Oversight Board.| The Oversight Board
In 2024, the biggest election year in modern history, the Oversight Board published its first white paper. Drawing on analysis from our case work, the paper| The Oversight Board
The Oversight Board will address the two cases below together, choosing either to uphold or overturn Meta’s decisions on a case-by-case basis.| The Oversight Board
The Board is announcing two cases involving advertising pets on Facebook.| The Oversight Board
In considering two videos showing non-sexual child abuse in educational settings, the Oversight Board recommends an exception be included in Meta’s Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Nudity Community Standard to allow such content, when shared to condemn, report or raise…| Oversight Board
The Board is assessing how Meta’s policies and enforcement practices address misinformation, especially when shared during moments of heightened political tension.| The Oversight Board
Two years on from accepting our first cases, we are announcing seven strategic priorities where we want to work with stakeholders to reshape Meta’s approach to content moderation. This will increase our impact in the areas where we can make the biggest difference to how people experience Facebook and Instagram.| The Oversight Board
The Oversight Board reviews Meta’s content decisions to see if the company acted in line with its own policies, values and human rights commitments.| The Oversight Board
The Oversight Board has upheld Meta’s decision to leave up a video that was edited to make it appear as though U.S. President Joe Biden is inappropriately touching his adult granddaughter’s chest.| The Oversight Board
The Oversight Board has overturned Meta’s decision not to label a likely manipulated audio clip of two Iraqi Kurdish politicians discussing rigging parliamentary elections, less than two weeks before the highly contested polls opened.| The Oversight Board
To be clear, automation works for a large portion of content moderation but often fails in niche, critically important situations like the previously| The Oversight Board
