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Meta gives vague, inadequate response to the Oversight Board’s “shaheed” policy recommendations
Following the Oversight Board’s Policy Advisory Opinion (PAO) on the use of the term “shaheed,” Meta published its response to…
“Pay or Okay” model is illegal. What is the next step?
“Pay or Okay” is a consent model that acts as a legal basis for data collection. Users choose between a…
Oversight Board: Meta’s Censorship of ‘Shaheed’ Is “Unnecessary and Disproportionate”
(Beirut, March 27, 2024) – Yesterday, the much anticipated Oversight Board decision on Meta’s approach to moderating the word “shaheed”…
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…
Meta Contemplates Banning the Use of the Term “Zionist”
Laying the Ground for Further Repression of Palestine’s Supporters 73 civil society organizations, including SMEX, have urged Meta to reverse…