Meta ‘hastily’ changed moderation policy with little regard to impact, says oversight board

Facebook and Instagram owner criticised for leaving up posts inciting violence during UK riots

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta announced sweeping content moderation changes “hastily” and with no indication it had considered the human rights impact of the overhaul, according to the social media company’s oversight board.

The assessment of the changes came as the Facebook and Instagram owner was criticised for leaving up three posts containing anti-Muslim and anti-migrant content during last year’s summer riots in the UK.