8/21/22, 10:18 PM Oversight Board overrules Facebook deletion of Myanmar “hate speech” post – Free Expression Myanmar In its decisions, the Board can issue policy recommenda- 3. Hate speech tions to Facebook. While recommendations are not bind- Directive threatens free expression in election countdown — အမုန်းစကား ဆိုင်ရာအမိန့် ညွှန်ကြားချက် သည် ရွေးကောက်ပွဲ ကာလသို့နီးကပ် နေချိန်တွင် လွတ်လပ်စွာ ထုတ်ဖော် ပြောဆိုရေးသား ခွင့်ကို ခြိမ်းခြောက် လျက်ရှိသည်။ 4. Civil Society Statement on the so-called “Cyber Security Bill” အာဏာသိမ်း စစ်အုပ်စု၏ ဆိုက်ဘာ လုံခြုံရေး ဥပဒေ (မူကြမ်း) ဆို သော ထုတ်ပြန် ချက်အပေါ် အရပ်ဘက်အဖွဲ့ အစည်းများ၏ သဘောထား ကြေညာချက် ing, Facebook must respond to them within 30 days. As such, the Board welcomes public comments proposing recommendations that are relevant to this case. FEM submission to Facebook Oversight Board FEM makes the following general comments and casespecific comments framed by the UN Rabat Plan of Action in response to the Oversight Board’s (OB) call. The OB’s published list of requested information is answered within. General comments Avoid repeating Facebook’s Orwellian language Facebook has created a new language with some new words for new concepts and others used in an Orwellian way to replace words that carry negative connotations. One example is the anodyne “take down” rather than the unambiguous “delete”, which it effectively is. Measuring censorship becomes harder when words conceal meaning. Recommendation: The OB Charter states that “the purpose of the board is to protect free expression by making principled, independent decisions” and this should in practice include using clear, neutral, and accessible language (for those using English as a second language), avoiding Facebook’s jargon unless absolutely necessary to clarify Facebook processes. Recognise that crude AI and sanctions result in unnecessary and di ti t ff t https://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/oversight-board-overrules-facebook-deletion-of-myanmar-hate-speech-post/ PROBLEM LAWS ပြသ နာရှိသော ဥပဒေများ Electronic Transactions Law Official Secrets Act Broadcasting Law — ရုပ်မြင်သံကြားနှင့် အသံထုတ���လွှင့် ခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေ 3/9