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Meta ‘hastily’ changed moderation policy with little regard to impact, says oversight board | Facebook and Instagram owner also criticised for leaving up posts inciting violence during UK riots
Facebook and Instagram owner also criticised for leaving up posts inciting violence during UK riots
The criticism of the changes was published alongside a series of content rulings including admonishment of Meta for leaving up three Facebook posts related to riots that broke out across the UK in the wake of the Southport attack on 29 July last year, in which three young girls were murdered. The board added that changes to Meta’s guidance in January meant users could now attribute behaviours to protected characteristic groups, for example, people defined by their religion, sex, ethnicity or sexuality, or based on someone’s immigration status. “In response to these events last summer, we immediately set up a dedicated taskforce that worked in real time to identify and remove thousands of pieces of content that broke our rules – including threats of violence and links to external sites being used to coordinate rioting.”
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