Access Now: A Step in the Right Direction - Meta Oversight Board's Opinion on the Term 'Shaheed'
March 27, 2024
March 27, 2024
NEW YORK, March 27 -- Access Now, an organization that says it defends and extends the rights of people and communities at risk, issued the following news release:
Access Now welcomes the long-awaited Oversight Board's policy advisory opinion calling on Meta to end its blanket ban on use of the Arabic-language term "shaheed" when referring to individuals designated as dangerous, and demands that Meta adopt a more contextually nuanced and rights-respecting content policy.
Access Now welcomes the long-awaited Oversight Board's policy advisory opinion calling on Meta to end its blanket ban on use of the Arabic-language term "shaheed" when referring to individuals designated as dangerous, and demands that Meta adopt a more contextually nuanced and rights-respecting content policy.