Facebook lost an important moderation policy for three, which led to Instagram banning a post on solitary confinement.
According to Oversight Board that looked into the issue, it is "concerned that Facebook misplaced an internal policy exception for three years and that this may have led to many other posts being wrongly removed."
The decision to look into the issue stemmed from Instagram's ban of a post regarding the solitary confinement of Abdullah Ocalan, a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.
Facebook and Instagram's Ban of Post on Abdullah Ocalan
The Instagram post was eventually restored by Facebook on April 23.
The Oversight Board also noted that while Facebook did update its Community Standard on Dangerous Individuals and Organizations after telling the Board the company would do so, the update did "not directly impact the guidance the company requested from the Board."
Facebook recently terminated the so-called "special treatment" for politicians from content moderation.
The removal of an Instagram post on Abdullah Ocalan's solitary confinement is not the first time Facebook found itself at the center of a review or research related to Instagram. Last year, Facebook was said to have ignored research findings on Instagram's racist algorithm.
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Written by Isabella James
