12/25/2023 0 Comments Oversight board instagramIt is likely, based on the OB’s record (in 2021, 7 out of 11 cases were overturned), that Meta’s decision will be overturned by the Board and the video will be allowed on the platform. The Board has opened a public forum to allow people to submit both their views and evidence, which will be evaluated before a decision is made. The OB said: “ prioritises cases that have the potential to affect lots of users around the world, are of critical importance to public discourse or raise important questions about Meta’s policies.” The policy also states that warning screens are applied to “imagery that shows the violent death of a person or people by accident or murder”, and that such content can only be viewed by adults over the age of 18. Under its violent and graphic content policy, Meta says it removes any content that “glorifies violence or celebrates suffering or humiliation of others”, but allows graphic content “to help people raise awareness”. In his defence, the user who posted the video says it was to “spread awareness” of the violence currently happening in Nigeria and has publicly stated that they do not support violence. It then includes a series of hashtags, primarily about recreational weapons, allusions to the sound of guns firing, and military equipment and simulations,” the OB said. ![]() “It states that the church was attacked by gunmen, that multiple people were killed, and described the shooting as sad. However, a week after the video’s publication, the poster added English-language captions. The video was initially flagged by Meta and tagged with a disturbing-content warning. “The sounds of a chaotic scene, including people wailing and screaming, can be heard in the background,” the OB said. Meta owns Facebook and Instagram social media platforms. The video, posted in June, shows the aftermath of the church massacre, including “ motionless bloodied bodies on the floor of a church“, the OB said. On 10 August, Nigerian security forces said they had arrested four suspects in the attack on the Catholic church in Owo, southwest Nigeria. READ MORE Letter calls for Facebook to stop trying to silence South African whistleblower Daniel Motaung
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