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Meta Retreats On Bid For Oversight Board To Vet Russian Invasion Content
- By The Financial District
- May 14, 2022
- 2 min read
The social media giant Meta is walking back a call for advice from its Oversight Board on how to moderate Facebook and Instagram content related to the war in Ukraine, Brian Fung reported for CNN.
Photo Insert: Created by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, the Oversight Board is an independent, court-like entity, composed of experts on civil rights and free expression and can issue non-binding policy guidance to Meta on its content moderation.
The company said Wednesday (Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Manila) it has withdrawn a request for its external Oversight Board to opine on how to handle material surrounding Russia’s invasion.
The move leaves Meta to continue figuring out on its own, for now, how to deal with the myriad of platform challenges posed by the conflict, ranging from Ukrainians’ calls for violence against Russian invaders to fake videos of the war to malicious hacking of Ukrainian military officials’ Facebook accounts.
Created by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, the Oversight Board is an independent, court-like entity, composed of experts on civil rights and free expression and can issue non-binding policy guidance to Meta on its content moderation, as well as review specific cases of content removals.
Meta declined to characterize details of the original request for advice and the types of questions it had for the board, citing “ongoing security concerns on the ground” as a reason for pulling its call for policy guidance.
“This decision was not made lightly,” Meta said in a statement.
“We look forward to seeking the board’s expertise on other significant and difficult content moderations going forward," it added. The Oversight Board, in a separate statement, said Meta had cited “specific” security concerns in its notification of withdrawal.
Meta’s initial request for guidance was filed on March 25, the company told CNN. The Oversight Board told CNN it had agreed to take up the matter on March 29. Meta then withdrew the request in late April, it said.
