![]() for an algorithm to get the context of" such speech. ![]() "Hate speech is an especially difficult area," Jamal Greene, one of the board's co-chairs and a professor at Columbia Law School, told Reuters in an interview. An Oversight Board spokesman said hate-speech cases had been "the most significant proportion" of appeals received. Three of the six cases involved content that Facebook removed for breaking hate-speech rules. The cases will be reviewed by panels of five board members. ![]() The board has opened a week-long public comment period on these first cases. The one chosen case that was submitted by Facebook, rather than a user, was a post in a group claiming certain drugs could cure COVID-19, which criticized the French government’s response to the pandemic. Instagram photos showing female nipples that the user in Brazil said aimed to raise awareness of breast cancer symptoms.Īn alleged quote from Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. The board, which Facebook created in response to criticism of its handling of problematic content, said it had received 20,000 cases since it opened its doors in October.Ī screenshot of tweets by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad which said Muslims had a right to perpetrate violence against French people "for the massacres of the past."Ī post with a photo of a deceased child that included commentary on China's treatment of Uighur Muslims.Ī post that purported to show historical photos of churches in Baku, Azerbaijan, with a caption that Facebook said indicated "disdain" for Azerbaijani people and support for Armenia. ![]()
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