Meta's Oversight Board Criticizes Company for Failing to Remove Holocaust Denial Content

The board expresses concern over the effectiveness of Meta's automated moderation systems and urges the company to better track and enforce its ban on Holocaust denial content.

Facebook and Instagram, both owned by Meta, have been accused of failing to remove posts denying the Holocaust, according to the social media platform’s own Oversight Board.
The Oversight Board found that Holocaust denial-related content was easier to find on Instagram than on Facebook, and that Meta struggled to keep track of such content on its services.
The board also expressed concern about Meta's continued reliance on automation policies introduced during the pandemic, which led to some reports of Holocaust denial posts being automatically dismissed without human review.
Meta has been urged to better track enforcement of Holocaust denial content and to confirm publicly whether it has fully ended the COVID-19 automation policy.
The case comes amid rising concerns about online antisemitism and Holocaust denial, especially among younger people.