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Font Size Facebook will allow its users to post the phrase “death to Khamenel” for the next two weeks.  The social media giant had previously censored the phrase amid ongoing protests in Iran, saying the phrase violated its Terms of Service by inciting violence. Activists subsequently complained about the censorship. ARTICLE19’s Masha Alimardani, whose posts were removed for alleged violations, said the “death to Khamenei” chant is a way for Iranians to express discontent with the totalitarian regime. “They are removing protest footage from Iran because protestor...

Facebook’s Oversight Board just moved to OK even greater censorship, despite years of criticism of the site's attacks against conservatives. The Board announced its intention to expand its ability to censor content by accepting appeals from users who have reported content that they disagree with.

Facebook, Instagram users can now appeal to Oversight Board for removal of harmful content Facebook, which has faced flak in many parts of the world over various issues, including data breaches and handling of hate speech, had set up the Oversight Board last year. 0 claps An independent board set up by Facebook to look into hate speech and other undesirable content on the platform on Tuesday said it will now accept cases from Facebook and Instagram users who believe the company wrongfully allowed such content to remain on these social media platforms. Facebook, which has faced flak in many p...

Users can now appeal to Facebook Oversight Board to take down objectionable posts  Earlier, the users could appeal to the oversight board to restore content on either Facebook or Instagram after its removal by the content moderators on Facebook. advertisement HIGHLIGHTS Facebook’s oversight board will now accept requests from users for taking down objectionable posts from the platform. The company announced that the option is being rolled out and would be available to all users over the coming weeks Facebook’s Oversight board had started accepting cases from users in October last year. F...

(Photo by Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Facebook and Instagram users can now lodge an appeal with the social network's Oversight Board in a bid to get content removed. That includes status updates, photos, videos, comments, and shares. The social network in October introduced a final appeal option for posts to be restored online. Now it's rolling out a similar solution for content people want expunged forever. "The Board will use its independent judgment to decide what to leave up and what to take down," according to an official news release. "Our decisions will...