Meta ‘hastily’ changed moderation policy with little regard to impact, says oversight board

Wed, 23 Apr 2025

Facebook and Instagram owner also criticised for leaving up posts inciting violence during UK riots

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta announced sweeping content moderation changes “hastily” and with no indication it had considered the human rights impact, the social media company’s oversight board has said.

The assessment of the changes came as the board also criticised the Facebook and Instagram owner for leaving up three posts containing anti-Muslim and anti-migrant content during riots in the UK last summer.