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From hate speech to nudity, Fb's oversight board picks its first instances

Fb Inc's impartial Oversight Board presented on Tuesday the main six instances where it's going to overrule the social media company's alternatives to remove certain pieces of content material subject material from its platforms.
Facebook Inc's independent Oversight Board announced on Tuesday the first six cases where it could overrule the social media company's decisions to remove certain pieces of content from its platforms.

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Author: Elizabeth Culliford

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  1. "Facebook Inc on Tuesday said it would lift a temporary post-election ban on political ads in Georgia beginning on Wednesday, as the state prepares for runoff elections next month that will determine which party controls the Senate". (December 15, 2020)
  2. "Facebook Inc's long-delayed independent Oversight Board plans to launch in mid-late October, just before the November U.S. presidential election, but a Facebook spokeswoman said on Thursday it was unlikely that the board would handle election-related cases". (September 24, 2020)
  3. "In the run-up to the U.S. vote in November, social media companies like Facebook Inc and Twitter have announced new rules for various post-election scenarios". (October 21, 2020)
  4. "Alphabet Inc's Google will stop selling political ads referencing U.S. elections across its services until at least Jan. 21, following last week's violence at the Capitol, according to an email to advertisers seen by Reuters". (January 13, 2021)
  5. "Facebook Inc for the first time on Thursday disclosed numbers on the prevalence of hate speech on its platform, saying that out of every 10,000 content views in the third quarter, 10 to 11 included hate speech". (November 19, 2020)
  6. "Facebook Inc's Oversight Board, which can overrule the company's decisions on whether content should have been removed, said on Thursday it was now accepting cases for review". (October 22, 2020)
  7. "Misleading health content has racked up an estimated 3.8 billion views on Facebook Inc over the past year, peaking during the COVID-19 pandemic, advocacy group Avaaz said in a new report https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/facebook_threat_health on Wednesday". (August 19, 2020)
  8. "Facebook Inc said on Monday it was updating its hate speech policy to ban any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust". (October 12, 2020)
  9. "Facebook Inc's independent oversight board made its first binding decisions on Thursday, overruling the company's actions in four of the five cases it reviewed". (January 28, 2021)
  10. "Alphabet Inc's Google will block election-related ads on its platforms after polls close in the U.S. election on Nov. 3, the company told advertisers in an email on Friday". (September 25, 2020)
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