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First Oversight Board Decision on Disabled Accounts: A Call for Transparency and Due Process
Introduction On June 4th, the Oversight Board (OSB) published its first case decision on disabled accounts, extending “its mandate beyond…
Meta is making Instagram DMs less private, WANA users could pay the price
Meta’s removal of the end-to-end encryption (E2EE) technology for its Instagram Direct Messages (DMs) could pose serious risk to internet…
Meta’s 2024 Human Rights Report: too little, too late
In a long-overdue move, Meta finally published its 2024 annual human rights report in December 2025, strategically releasing it just…
Dr. Sandrine Atallah on social media censorship of sexual health content
“I never change the terminology. I refuse to censor myself or the educational content I share online. If we replace…
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…
