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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Meta ‘hastily’ changed moderation policy with little regard to impact, says oversight board

Facebook posts with face of Mark Zuckerberg in the background.
Meta announced in January that it was removing factcheckers in the US, reducing ‘censorship’ on its platforms and recommending more political content. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta announced sweeping content moderation changes “hastily” and with no indication it had considered the human rights impact, the social media company’s oversight board has said.

The assessment of the changes came as the board also criticised the Facebook and Instagram owner for leaving up three posts containing anti-Muslim and anti-migrant content during riots in the UK last summer.

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