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Meta Oversight Board says manipulated video of Biden can stay on Facebook, recommends policy overhaul (CBS News)
A highly edited video of President Biden on Facebook will remain on the platform after an independent body that oversees Meta's content moderation determined that the post does not violate the company's policies, but the panel also criticized the company's manipulated media policy as "incoherent and confusing."
The video, posted in May 2023, was edited to make it appear as if Mr. Biden was repeatedly inappropriately touching his adult granddaughter's chest. In the original video, taken in 2022, the president places an "I voted" sticker on his granddaughter after voting in the midterm elections. But the video under review by Meta's Oversight Board was looped and edited into a seven-second clip that critics said left a misleading impression.
Meta's Oversight Board, an independent group that oversees Meta's content policies and can make binding decisions on whether content is removed or left up, said that the video did not violate Meta's policies because the video was not altered with artificial intelligence and does not show Mr. Biden "saying words he did not say" or "doing something he did not do."
A human content reviewer at Meta left the video up after it was reported to the company as hate speech. After an appeal to the Oversight Board, the board took it up for review.
The video, posted in May 2023, was edited to make it appear as if Mr. Biden was repeatedly inappropriately touching his adult granddaughter's chest. In the original video, taken in 2022, the president places an "I voted" sticker on his granddaughter after voting in the midterm elections. But the video under review by Meta's Oversight Board was looped and edited into a seven-second clip that critics said left a misleading impression.
Meta's Oversight Board, an independent group that oversees Meta's content policies and can make binding decisions on whether content is removed or left up, said that the video did not violate Meta's policies because the video was not altered with artificial intelligence and does not show Mr. Biden "saying words he did not say" or "doing something he did not do."
A human content reviewer at Meta left the video up after it was reported to the company as hate speech. After an appeal to the Oversight Board, the board took it up for review.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-oversight-board-says-manipulated-video-of-biden-can-stay-on-facebook/
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Another nail in Facebook's coffin.
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Using their platforms for evil, not good……
Social Media Platforms are run by Flaming Fascists.
It's not Enough Democracy has to Fight the USA Media W***** that has No Conscience.. Twitter had to be bought by world class Nazi fan elon mushead. 
Apparently zucker doesn't give a shit about Democracy, either.
Fight Harder! 
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