'Meta Oversight Board's ruling on ‘shaheed’ will promote terror online'
Meta’s removal of the ban on the Arabic word ‘shaheed’, roughly translated as ‘martyr’ in English, as asked by its Oversight Board may lead to the proliferation of terror speech online, said CyberWell, a tech nonprofit on Wednesday. After a year-long extensive review, the Board on Tuesday asked Meta to end its current blanket ban on the word ‘shaheed’. Meta had censored the word stating that it could be used to praise or approve of terrorism, but the Board ruled that the ban "has led to widespread and unnecessary censorship affecting the freedom of expression of millions of users".