13/3/24, 13:44 Oversight Board | Independent Judgment. Transparency. Legitimacy. Meta also noted that it assesses content at its face value, unless authenticity is in question, or where there are indicators of manipulated media or where they have context that the information is false. In this case, Meta saw no indications that its misinformation policies were engaged. The Board asked Meta 16 questions. Questions related to application of the newsworthiness allowance; factors in assessing context in Meta’s decision; and the application of the Crisis Policy Protocol. Meta answered the 16 questions. 7. Public comments The Oversight Board received 39 public comments relevant to this case. One comment was submitted from Asia Pacific and Oceania, three from Central and South Asia, 23 from Europe, four from the Middle East and North Africa and eight from the United States and Canada. The submissions covered the following themes: background on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and recent escalations; application of international humanitarian law to the moderation of content revealing the identity or location of prisoners of war; concern about content on social media showing the faces of the prisoners of war; potential adverse and positive impacts that can result from leaving up or removing content depicting prisoners of war; independent mechanisms preserving potential evidence of international crimes; cooperation between social media companies, civil society organizations and international justice mechanisms; concern over verification of video content; operational/technical suggestions on how to keep the content on social media platforms and protect the safety and dignity of prisoners of war; potential of such content to assist in preventing further atrocities, and the public’s right to know about mistreatment of prisoners of war. To read public comments submitted for this case, please click here. In April 2023, as part of ongoing stakeholder engagement, the Board consulted representatives of advocacy organizations, academics, inter-governmental organizations and other experts on issues relating to the moderation of content depicting prisoners of war. A roundtable was held under the Chatham House Rule. This focused on motivations, potential risk factors and advantages to posting content depicting identifiable prisoners of war and ways to balance the benefits of raising awareness of violence against prisoners of war against the potential harm https://www.oversightboard.com/decision/FB-YLRV35WD/ 14/26