Meta’s Oversight Board upholds decision in ‘Sri Lanka pharmaceuticals’ case

The Oversight Board has upheld Meta‘s decision to leave up a Facebook post asking for donations of pharmaceutical drugs to Sri Lanka during the country’s financial crisis. However, the Board has found that secret, discretionary policy exemptions are incompatible with Meta’s human rights responsibilities, and has made recommendations to increase transparency and consistency around the "spirit of the policy" allowance. This allowance permits content where a strict reading of a policy produces an outcome that is at odds with that policy’s intent, the Oversight Board said. The Oversight Board finds that the post violates the Restricted Goods and Services Community Standard. However, it finds that applying a scaled "spirit of the policy" allowance to permit this and similar content was appropriate, and in line with Meta’s values and human rights responsibilities. Reference Link