Quoted by Dawn News
Meta is the parent company of both Facebook and Instagram. They had been facing criticism for its content moderation policies. Because it included some specific policies that affected Arabic-speaking users and content related to the Middle East.
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According to a 2021 study that Meta commissioned, these policies negatively impacted the “Human Rights” of Arabic-speaking users and Palestinians.
This specific concern was for the word “Shaheed” banned by Meta.
This word means “martyr” in Arabic. The ban of this word led to more content removals on Meta’s platforms than any other single term or phrase.
Along with this, The escalation of hostilities between Israel and Hamas in October heightened the spotlight surrounding Meta’s content management. Several users and human rights organizations criticized Meta for what they saw as its biased treatment of conflict-related content.
As a result of the monitoring board’s conclusions, Meta changed its policy, realizing that the complete prohibition on the term “Shaheed” was too restrictive. This modification is a result of Meta’s continuous attempts to strike a compromise between user rights protection and content control, particularly in politically delicate situations.
