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Justin Hendrix

1 Dec, 9 tweets, 3 min read

@OversightBoard

The Facebook @OversightBoard has announced its first six "cases". Five of the six have something in common- they were referred by users, and they all deal with images posted with an intent other than what the image itself contains, per the users. oversightboard.com/news/719406882…

Case 1:

Case 2:

Case 3:

Case 4:

Case 5:

Case 6 is off a different sort, and deals with the decision to restrict content that may produce offline harms. In this case it is a COVID example.

Facebook does not provide the offending content to review. This is what the submission form looks like.

#4 is very confusing to me. Why is it even a question?

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