13/3/24, 13:44 Oversight Board | Independent Judgment. Transparency. Legitimacy. The Oversight Board upholds Meta’s decision to leave the post on Facebook with a “mark as disturbing” warning screen. The Board also recommends that Meta: Develop a protocol to preserve and, where appropriate, share with competent authorities, information to assist in investigations and legal processes to remedy or prosecute atrocity crimes or grave human rights violations. Provide further guidance to reviewers and escalation teams to better inform the newsworthiness of escalation and assessment of content revealing the identity or locations of prisoners of war. Add an example of content that revealed the identity or location of prisoners of war but was left up due to the public interest, to its public explanation of the newsworthiness allowance in the Transparency Center, in order to provide greater clarity to users. Publicly share the protocol on evidence preservation related to atrocity crimes and grave human rights violations. * Case summaries provide an overview of the case and do not have precedential value. Full case decision 1. Decision summary The Oversight Board upholds Meta’s decision to leave up a Facebook post that included a video depicting identifiable prisoners of war, and adding a “mark as disturbing” warning screen to the video. The Board found that Meta correctly applied the newsworthiness allowance to the content, which it would have otherwise removed for violating the Community Standard on Coordinating Harm and Promoting Crime for revealing the identity of prisoners of war in the context of an armed conflict. The “mark as disturbing” warning screen was required under the Community Standard on Graphic and Violent Content. These decisions were consistent with Meta’s values and human rights responsibilities. Th hi h M t f d t th B https://www.oversightboard.com/decision/FB-YLRV35WD/ d i i t t ti b t th ’ 5/26