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Metehan Durmaz • 29 Jul 2025

Meta claims hate speech is low, but so is the bar

Meta claims that its Community Standards Enforcement Report for the first quarter of 2025 resulted in significant improvement in moderation…

  • Content Moderation
  • hate speech
  • Meta
Dionysia Peppa • 09 Jan 2025

Meta in X’s steps: how new content moderation policy changes endanger the digital space in WANA and abroad

In a video published on January 7, 2025, Meta’s multibillionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg informed users about new policy changes that…

  • community notes model
  • Digital Rights
  • hate speech
SMEX • 15 Mar 2024

Tell Meta: Stop Silencing Palestine

Press Release 14 March 2024 Palestinian and global digital rights groups bring top Meta executive to the table on issues…

  • Algorithm
  • Censorship
  • Gaza
SMEX • 26 Oct 2023

Tainted Narratives: Tech Giants Harming Users in War Time

This article was first published by TIMEP and written by Mona Shtaya. Tech companies have generally failed in protecting people…

  • hate speech
  • Meta
  • occupation