Board. Summary decisions provide transparency on Meta's corrections and highlight areas in which the company could improve its policy enforcement. Case summary An Instagram user appealed Meta's decision to remove a video that encouraged Syrians to resist the regime of Bashar al-Assad. After the Board brought the appeal to Meta's attention, the company reversed its original decision and restored the post. Case description and background In August 2023, an Instagram user posted a video showing Abdul Baset al-Sarout – a Syrian football player, activist and a public symbol of opposition to the country's president – Bashar al-Assad. Sarout was killed in 2019. In the video, Sarout is heard saying in Arabic, "We have one liberated neighbourhood in Syria, we are a thorn in this regime, we will return to this neighbourhood" and that "the revolution continues", to encourage Syrians to resist the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The video had about 30,000 views. The Instagram post was removed for violating Meta's Dangerous Organisations and Individuals policy, which prohibits representation of and certain speech about the groups and people the company judges as linked to significant real-world harm. In their appeal to the Board, the user described their account as a charity page "dedicated to spreading information and raising awareness". Furthermore, the user argued that the content did not violate Instagram's guidelines. After the Board brought this case to Meta's attention, the company determined that the content did not contain any references to a designated organisation or individual and did not violate its policies. The company restored the content to the platform. Board authority and scope The Board has authority to review Meta's decision following an appeal from the user whose content was removed (Charter Article 2, Section 1; Bylaws Article 3, Section 1).