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Karissa Bell @ Engadget · 10/23/2024 06:00 EDT

Oversight Board says Meta’s handling of a satirical image of Harris and Walz raises ‘serious concerns’

Two weeks before the US presidential election, the Oversight Board says it has “serious concerns” about Meta’s content moderation systems in “electoral contexts,” and that the company risks the “excessive removal of political speech” when it over-enforces its rules. The admonishment came as the board weighed in on a case involving a satirical image of Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
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