![]() Meta told CNN in October that it had established “a special operations center staffed with experts, including fluent Hebrew and Arabic speakers, to closely monitor and respond to this rapidly evolving situation,” and that it was coordinating with third-party fact checkers in the region. The board said earlier this month that it decided to take up a faster review in this case because content decisions related to the war could have “urgent real-world consequences.” In the weeks after the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out, the board said it saw a nearly three-fold increase in daily average user appeals of decisions on content “related to the Middle East and North Africa region.” The board makes recommendations to the company about how to handle certain content moderation decisions, as well as broader policy suggestions. It is often described as a kind of Supreme Court for Meta, as it allows users to appeal content decisions on the company’s platforms. Meta’s Oversight Board is an entity made up of experts in areas such as freedom of expression and human rights. ![]() “Both expression and safety are important to us and the people who use our services,” the company said in a blog post. In response to the board’s decision, Meta said that because it had already reinstated the two pieces of content prior to the board’s decision, it would take no further action.
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