Meta Oversight co-chair ‘concerned’ by moderation changes: ‘Hate speech can lead to real life harm’

The co-chair of Meta’s Oversight Board has said she and others are ‘very concerned’ by the company’s decision to drop independent fact checkers and moderation, citing the potential impacts on minority groups.

On Tuesday (7 January) Mark Zuckerberg – chief executive of Facebook and Instagram parent Meta – announced huge changes to the company’s content policies. The changes will see Meta no longer moderate “divisive” issues, like immigration and gender, and end its independent fact checking programme by moving to a community notes system similar to what is seen on Elon Musk’s platform, X.

A move towards “restoring free expression” on Meta’s social media platforms, updated guidelines state users will now be able to call LGBTQ+ ‘mentally ill’ simply for being LGBTQ+.

Speaking to the BBC’s Today programme about

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