Facebook was wrong to censor a posting calling for the death of Iran’s authoritarian leader over the summer, according to the findings of an oversight board tied to the social media giant.
The independent oversight board for Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has “overturned” the “decision to remove a Facebook post protesting the Iranian government,” the board said in a statement this week.
The development comes against a backdrop of criticism faced by Meta, which is also the parent company of the messaging platform WhatsApp, from Iranian activists amid the violent crackdown by Iran against protests that have rocked the country in recent months.