Board Authority and Scope The Board has authority to review Meta's decision following an appeal from the person whose content was removed (Charter Article 2, Section 1; Bylaws Article 3, Section 1). When Meta acknowledges that it made an error and reverses its decision on a case under consideration for Board review, the Board may select that case for a summary decision (Bylaws Article 2, Section 2.1.3). The Board reviews the original decision to increase understanding of the content moderation processes involved, reduce errors and increase fairness for Facebook and Instagram users. Case Significance This case highlights mistakes in enforcement of Meta’s Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policy, which can have a negative impact on users’ capacities to share political commentary on Meta’s platforms. Here, this was specifically discussion of women’s education in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover. In a previous case, the Board recommended that Meta “add criteria and illustrative examples to its Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policy to increase understanding of exceptions for neutral discussion, condemnation and news reporting,” ( Shared Al Jazeera Post decision, recommendation no. 1). Meta reported in its Q2 2023 quarterly update that this recommendation had been fully implemented. Furthermore, the Board recommended that Meta “implement an internal audit procedure to continuously analyze a statistically representative sample of automated content removal decisions to reverse and learn from enforcement mistakes,” ( Breast Cancer Symptoms and Nudity decision, recommendation no. 5). Meta has reported that it is implementing this recommendation but has not published information to demonstrate implementation. Decision The Board overturns Meta’s original decision to remove the content. The Board acknowledges Meta’s correction of its initial error once the Board brought the case to the company’s attention. The Board also urges Meta to speed up the implementation of still-open recommendations to reduce such errors.

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