Ensuring respect for free expression and human rights on Facebook, Instagram and Threads through binding decisions on content and policy recommendations.

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📽️ Our Board Members and Trustees discuss how the Oversight Board went from a bold experiment to an essential institution, fundamentally changing how Meta treats its billions of users. Read our full impact report: 👉 oversightboard.com/news/from…👈
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The Oversight Board co-chairs have issued a statement in light of Meta's handling of the “No Kings” Instagram account, Brazil elections and other upcoming polls globally: oversightboard.com/news/over…
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The Oversight Board is conducting new research to provide guidance to the technology industry on how to use large language models (LLMs) for content moderation on social media platforms. oversightboard.com/news/resp…
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Co-Chair Paolo Carozza discusses the Board’s open letter to the tech industry, calling out essential elements of independent oversight of AI platforms, such as transparency, multistakeholder input, a human-rights foundation and structural stability. youtu.be/_g2a5QPVNOY
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Today, the Oversight Board published an open letter to the tech industry calling for transparent, independent oversight of AI platforms, based on its learnings from six years of independently reviewing content governance on Meta's platforms. oversightboard.com/news/open…
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The Oversight Board is analyzing a case involving the posting of an Ethiopian intelligence service ID card by an activist on Facebook. oversightboard.com/news/poli…
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Drawing on firsthand experience as a member of Meta's Oversight Board, @SuzanneNossel writes that for oversight of AI companies to be effective, tech leaders must prepare for the discomfort that real accountability brings. justsecurity.org/157252/inde…
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The Oversight Board has said in two case decisions that Meta’s safeguards are consistently and fundamentally inadequate to address the rapid rise of AI-generated content on its platforms. oversightboard.com/
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The Oversight Board is addressing a case involving a Ukrainian Facebook post that commented on migration into and out of the country. Submit your public comment before the window closes at 23:59 Pacific Standard Time (PST) on Tuesday 29 September. oversightboard.com/news/boar…
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The Oversight Board has selected a case involving claims of electoral fraud in the Indian state of West Bengal. Submit your public comment before the window closes at 23:59 Pacific Standard Time (PST) on Tuesday 29 September. oversightboard.com/news/west…
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The Board has overturned Meta’s original decisions to remove two videos from Instagram depicting graphic content from Iran published during nationwide anti-government protests. oversightboard.com/decision/…
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Meta's landmark settlement in California this week raises critical questions on how tech companies protect their youngest users, says Board Member Nighat Dad. oversightboard.com/news/teen…
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The Oversight Boad has ruled that awareness-raising content on women’s safety should be protected after reviewing two posts showing sexual harassment on public transport. Meta removed the content from Brazil and India and made it non-recommendable. oversightboard.com/news/boar…
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The Board has selected a case involving an Instagram user’s post sharing her personal experience with prescription drugs used in pregnancy and childbirth. Visit our website to find out more about the case. oversightboard.com/news/preg…
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The Board’s first-ever evaluation of AI models and political speech assessed output from 10 major LLMs and found they are more than twice as likely to refuse requests criticizing repressive regimes compared to speech-permissive ones.
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The Board has selected a case to examine the global issue of manipulated media being used to facilitate online scams and the effectiveness of Meta’s policies to address the issue. Visit our website to find out more about the case. 🔗 oversightboard.com/news/prob…
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Estudo @OversightBoard: IAs estão suprimindo discurso político. 10 modelos, 6 empresas, 13.524 respostas analisadas. Sobre países que restringem críticas, os modelos recusaram 34% dos pedidos de conteúdo crítico, vs. 14% sobre onde não há restrições. oversightboard.com/news/are-…
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The Oversight Board has published its first evaluation of leading Large Language Models (LLMs), finding some of the world’s most-used AI systems could be reinforcing and extending the censorship laws of repressive regimes to global audiences. oversightboard.com/news/are-…
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The Oversight Board has selected two cases involving content supporting Iranian government security forces. oversightboard.com/news/pote…
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The Oversight Board has overturned Meta’s decision to leave a reportedly AI-generated sexualized video impersonating a woman up on Instagram. oversightboard.com/news/non-…
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The Board has selected a case involving an AI-generated video of a female campaigner who was shown giving health advice she never gave. oversightboard.com/news/boar…
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