Meta’s Oversight Board Okays ‘Death to’ Iran Leader Post
- The slogan is commonly used to criticize the political regime
- Meta has grappled with hate speech and violence for years
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Meta Platforms Inc.’s Oversight Board has overturned the decision to remove a Facebook post using the slogan “death to Khamenei,” to criticize Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying it did not violate a rule barring violent threats.
The board, which is funded by Meta but operates independently, said in the context of the “broader social, political and linguistic situation” in Iran, “death to” should be understood as “down with,” according to a write-up of the decision.