Meta policy and practice, combined with broader external dynamics, does lead to different
human-rights impacts on Palestinian and Arabic speaking users." The Board encourages
Meta to deliver on commitments it made in response to the BSR report.
Finally, Meta has a responsibility to preserve evidence of potential human-rights violations
and violations of international humanitarian law, as also recommended in the BSR report
(recommendation 21) and advocated by civil society groups. Even when content is removed
from Meta’s platforms, it is vital to preserve such evidence in the interest of future
accountability (See Sudan Graphic Video and Armenian Prisoners of War Video). While Meta
explained that it retains all content that violates its Community Standards for a period of one
year, the Board urges that content specifically related to potential war crimes, crimes against
humanity, and grave violations of human rights be identified and preserved in a more
enduring and accessible way for purposes of longer-term accountability. The Board notes
that Meta has agreed to implement recommendation no. 1 in the Armenian Prisoners of War
Video case. This called on Meta to 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. Meta has informed
the Board that it is in the final stages of developing a “consistent approach to retaining
potential evidence of atrocity crimes and serious violations of international human rights law”
and expects to provide the Board with a briefing about its approach soon. The Board expects
Meta to fully implement the above recommendation.
*Procedural Note:
The Oversight Board's expedited decisions are prepared by panels of five members and are
not subject to majority approval of the full Board. Board decisions do not necessarily
represent the personal views of all members.
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