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Oversight board overturns Meta's decision on Holocaust denial post

The Board’s decision to overturn Meta’s initial judgment underscores the ongoing challenges social media platforms face in balancing freedom of expression with the need to curb hate speech.

Blocking peace: Meta censors 'Peace Talk' podcast

"Meta can’t silence our message of determined opposition to extremism and violence."

Meta 'inappropriately removed' Hamas kidnapping videos, oversight board finds

The finding came in a review of two cases in which human moderators had restored content that computer moderation had removed.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
19/12/2023

Facebook, Instagram launch paid monthly subscription

This marks the first time that Meta is deviating from its traditional model of a free platform supported by advertisements.

By WALLA!
01/11/2023

Israelis receive strange calls from Hamas supporters - Cyber Directorate

Israeli citizens report suspicious video calls, suspected attempts to scare and harass, and potentially take over WhatsApp accounts.

By WALLA!
29/10/2023

Meta to limit some Facebook comments on Israeli, Palestinian posts

The social media company added it will disable the ability to see the first one or two comments on posts while scrolling the Facebook feed.

By REUTERS
18/10/2023

Beware of fake Meta job alerts - it could be North Korean hackers

Lazarus, a North Korean hacker group, poses as Meta recruiters on LinkedIn to scam a Spanish aerospace firm.

Meta to offer AI competitor to challenge ChatGPT

The move may act as a catalyst to further propel generative AI development.

Meta identifies Iran and Turkey's network of ‘adversarial threat’

The company ‘removed 22 Facebook accounts, 21 Pages and seven Instagram accounts for violating our policy against coordinated inauthentic behavior’

Meta’s handling of ‘SpongeBob’ Holocaust denial post is taken up by independent Oversight Board

Users complained about it six times — four times before the Holocaust denial ban went into place and twice after.

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
02/09/2023
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