Meta’s Oversight Board decided Monday that posts containing “marg bar… Khamenei,” a phrase calling for the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, should be allowed on Facebook.
The board overturned Meta’s decision to remove a Facebook post containing the slogan, which directly translates to “death to Khamenei.”
The board said its recommendations will “better protect political speech in critical situations, such as that in Iran, where historic, widespread, protests are being violently suppressed.”Before the ruling Monday, Meta had determined the post violated its Violence and Incitement Community Standard, but “applied a newsworthiness allowance and restored the post,” the board […]
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