Meta oversight board wants company to address ‘human rights impact’ of hateful conduct policies

The independent oversight board for Meta is calling for the company to analyze the “human rights impact” of its January changes removing fact checking and promoting “free expression.”

The oversight team, an independent board of advisors that weighs in on how Meta’s community standards and guidelines are applied, published decisions this week over how Meta responded in 11 cases, including a “comment targeting people with Down syndrome,” “posts supporting [United Kingdom] riots,” and more.