Meta wants oversight board to review Covid policies after millions of posts removed


Covid misinformation posed a risk of “imminent physical harm”, leading the company to remove more than 25 million posts, videos and comments about the virus since the start of the pandemic, Meta said. — Reuters

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc has asked its Oversight Board to review the company’s Covid-19 misinformation policies to see if they should remain in place.

Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, wrote Tuesday that Meta’s policies were created during “extraordinary circumstances” and that the rules meant Meta removed Covid-related misinformation “on an unprecedented scale”.

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