Meta’s company-funded oversight body ruled Wednesday that the social media giant shouldn’t automatically take down posts using the phrase “from the river to the sea,” a decades-old rallying cry for Palestinian nationalism that has reignited a national debate about the boundaries of acceptable speech.

Meta’s Oversight Board, an independent collection of academics, experts and lawyers who oversee thorny content decisions on the platform, said posts they examined using the phrase didn’t violate the company’s rules against hate speech, inciting violence or praising dangerous organizations.

“While [the phrase] can be understood by some as encouraging and legitimizing antisemitism and the violent elimination of Israel and its people, it is also often used as a political call for solidarity, equal rights and self-determination of the Palestinian people, and to end the war in Gaza,” the board said in its ruling.

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    3 months ago

    I mean, they’ve either done or attempted most of that list, especially the terror attacks.

    That’s why this whole thing is such a shitshow, everyone involved is awful.

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      3 months ago

      they’ve either done or attempted most of that list

      Source: Trust me bro

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          2 months ago

          you should not believe American news sources when it comes to conflicts we are involved in. it’s well known in the rest of the world that our news straight up lies to us to protect our trust in the government and military.