{"id":2654,"date":"2021-01-28T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1336044"},"modified":"2021-01-28T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T15:00:08","slug":"facebooks-supreme-court-overturns-most-of-the-platforms-post-removals-in-its-first-rulings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=2654","title":{"rendered":"Facebook\u2019s \u2018supreme court\u2019 overturns most of the platform\u2019s post removals in its first rulings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/tnw?filter_last=1&amp;fit=1280%2C640&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2020%2F08%2FUntitled-design-2020-08-17T101430.784.png&amp;signature=95565c27a7a663701ef4d4e246a0735f\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The Facebook Oversight Board has overturned the social network\u2018s decisions in four of the first five cases that it\u2019s ruled on.<\/p>\n<p>The cases collectively covered Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. All the rulings will be binding.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook\u2019 \u201csupreme court\u201d provided summaries of the five decisions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<strong>Overturned:<\/strong> the removal of a post commenting on the supposed lack of reaction to the treatment of Uighur Muslims in China compared to the violent response.<\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Overturned:<\/strong> the removal of a post that included photos of breast cancer symptoms, some of which showed uncovered female nipples.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Overturned:<\/strong> the removal of a post that contained an alleged quote from Joseph Goebbels, the Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany<\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Overturned:<\/strong>&nbsp; the removal of a post that criticized the lack of a health strategy in France and included claims that a cure for COVID-19 exists.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<strong>Upheld:<\/strong>&nbsp;the removal of a post that used the Russian word \u201c\u0442\u0430\u0437\u0438\u043a\u0438\u201d (\u201ctaziks\u201d) to describe Azerbaijanis, who the user claimed have no history compared to Armenians.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full decisions have been published on<span class=\"_8gv4 _8gv1 _OBTypography__text _8gv7\"> the board\u2019s<span>&nbsp;<\/span><a class=\"_8js5 _8gv4 _912q _8jjf\" href=\"https:\/\/oversightboard.com\/decision\/\" target aria-hidden rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>[Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2021\/01\/21\/how-this-company-leveraged-ai-to-become-the-netflix-of-finland\/\">How this company leveraged AI to become the Netflix of Finland<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The rulings are the first decisions made by the board, an independent body that was launched last year to review Facebook\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n<p>Its 20 members include a former prime minister, a Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize laureate, a British Pulitzer winner, and a leading Columbian human rights layer.<\/p>\n<p>The board said it has received more&nbsp;than 150,000 appeals since it began accepting cases in October 2020:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p><span>As we cannot hear every appeal, we are prioritizing 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 Facebook\u2019s policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The members decided whether the content violated Facebook\u2019s Community Standards and values, and whether the removals respected international human rights standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span>In several cases, members questioned whether Facebook\u2019s rules were clear enough for users to understand,\u201d the board said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Each case was first assigned to a five-member panel. After the panel\u2019s reached their decisions, their findings had to be approved by a majority of the board before a ruling was issued.<\/p>\n<p>Bigger decisions will soon follow. Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/socialmedia\/2021\/01\/21\/facebooks-trump-ban-could-be-lifted-by-its-oversight-board\/\">the board announced<\/a> it will review the suspension of Donald Trump\u2019s account, with a ruling due within 90 days.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/socialmedia\/2021\/01\/28\/facebooks-supreme-court-overturns-most-of-the-platforms-post-removals-in-its-first-rulings\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Facebook Oversight Board has overturned the social network\u2018s decisions in four of the first five cases that it\u2019s ruled on. 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