12/20/23, 4:12 PM Oversight Board | Independent judgement. Transparency. Legitimacy. The Board asked Meta 29 questions, 28 of which were answered fully. Meta was unable to answer a question on the percentage of user reports that are closed without review in the SubSaharan Africa market. 7. Public comments The Oversight Board considered nine public comments related to this case. One of the comments was submitted from Asia Pacific and Oceania, one from Central and South Asia, one from the Middle East and North Africa, one from Sub-Saharan Africa and five from the United States and Canada. The submissions covered themes including the need to clarify the Violent and Graphic Content policy, and Nigeria-specific issues that the Board should be aware of while deciding this case. To read public comments submitted for this case, please click here. 8.Oversight Board analysis The Board looked at the question of whether this content should be restored through three lenses: Meta's Content Policies, the company's values and its human rights responsibilities. 8.1 Compliance with Meta's Content Policies The Board analysed three of Meta's content policies: Violent and Graphic Content; Bullying and Harassment, and Dangerous Individuals and Organisations. The majority of the Board finds that no policy was violated. I. Content rules Violent and graphic content The policy rationale states that Meta "removes content that contains sadistic remarks towards imagery depicting the suffering of humans and animals". However, it also states that it allows graphic content with some limitations to help people condemn and raise awareness about https://www.oversightboard.com/decision/IG-OZNR5J1Z/ 13/26