Meta Oversight Board invites comments on removing “transphobic” posts on Facebook and Instagram until 12 September 2024

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The Board would appreciate public comments that address:

• The impacts of Meta’s Hate Speech and Bullying and Harassment policies on freedom of expression around gender identity issues, and the rights of transgender people, including minors.
• Technical challenges in enforcing bullying and harassment policies at-scale, the effectiveness of self-reporting requirements and their impacts on people targeted by bullying or harassment, and comparisons to alternative enforcement approaches.
• The sociopolitical context in the United States concerning freedom of expression and the rights of transgender people, especially for access to single-sex spaces and participation in sporting events.

As part of its decisions, the Board can issue policy recommendations to Meta. While recommendations are not binding, Meta must respond to them within 60 days. As such, the Board welcomes public comments proposing recommendations that are relevant to this case. https://www.oversightboard.com/news/new-cases-to-consider-debate-around-gender-identity/

(Not sure why, as both platforms are virtual they are only interested in "sociopolitical context in the United States" - or is this just the usual presumption that US culture takes precedence over all others?)

Absolutely have to love cultural imperialism.

I think there are so many problems with how this works.

The decisions to delete a post are never explained, ie they dont have published guidelines like MN.

If you complain they just respond weeks later saying we think we were right.

And as said in the OP, why would anyone born and brought up in the USA think they have the right to tell gender critical posters they can make public statements about the belief in biological reality.

But I think the poison of international companies, and not just the capitalist west, but also China, whilst apparently helping us all keep in touch and be informed, are in fact at the mercy of their cultural agenda.

Not forgetting that facebook is the most well used platform.

The Meta Oversight Board has proposed a review of Facebook’s policies on “misgendering” and “hate speech,” apparently poised to ban “misgendering” across Meta’s platforms.

The case centers around two videos on men in women’s spaces. According to Independent Women’s Forum, which appears to have been targeted by the proposed ban, the first video was a woman expressing discomfort with a trans-identifying male in a women's bathroom. The other features a male winning a women's athletic competition.

If the Oversight Board decides to ban these videos, this will mean that correctly stating the sex of trans-identifying males and disapproving of males in women's spaces qualify as “Bullying and Harassment.”

The Meta Oversight Board is responsible for making moderation policy recommendations to Meta, which includes Facebook and Instagram. The board is seeking public comment on the proposed ban.

Article continues at https://womensliberationfront.org/news/meta-to-ban-misgendering-as-hate-speech-submit-your-comment-by-sept-12

How misogynistic of them (and how unsurprising). How long before they start interrogating our messages for wrongthink I wonder? Big Brother, the 2024 edit. So much for the Land of the Free and the First Amendment.

Have responded, FWIW.