8/21/22, 10:18 PM Oversight Board overrules Facebook deletion of Myanmar “hate speech” post – Free Expression Myanmar Facebook’s “Administrative Action Bot” identified the phrase “$တရုတ်” and deleted the post. No Facebook users reported the post. Under its Hate Speech Community Standard, Facebook deletes content targeting a person or group of people on the basis of their race, ethnicity and/or national origin with “profane terms or phrases with the intent to insult, including but not limited to: fuck, bitch, motherfucker.” The Oversight Board requested public comments that address: Whether Facebook’s decision to remove the post is consistent with the company’s Hate Speech Community Standard, specifically the rule against profane terms or phrases with the intent to insult. Whether Facebook’s decision to remove the post is consistent with the company’s stated values and human rights responsibilities. Information about the social and political context in Myanmar, including efforts to discourage companies from engaging financially with the Myanmar military regime and to financially support the CRPH as well as the relationship between the Myanmar military regime and China. This information would help the Board bet- to digital rights in Myanmar အော်ရီ ဒူး(မြန်မာ)အား ရောင်းထုတ်မည့် အစီအစဥ်သည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင်း ဒ စ်ဂျစ်တယ် အခွင့်အရေးများ အား ထိခိုက်နိုင်ချေ ရှိ 29th July 2022 Extrajudicial killings of dissidents a war crime with serious chilling effect အာဏာသိမ်းမှု အား ဆန့်ကျင် သူများကို တရား မျှတသည့်ဥပဒေ လုပ်ထုံးလုပ်နည်း များနှင့်မညီဘဲ သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်း သည် ဥပဒေဆိုင်ရာ အခွင့်အရေးကို အသုံးချမှုအား တားဆီးကန့်သတ် သည့် သက်ရောက် မှုကို ဖြစ်ပေါ်စေ ပြီး၊ ဆိုးရွားသော စစ်ရာဇဝတ်မှု ကျူးလွန်ခြင်း ဖြစ်သည်။ 25th July 2022 ter understand the possible intent and impact of the post. Trends in discourse around foreign government intervention in Myanmar and use of potentially discriminatory language in that context. Information about Facebook’s potentially erroneous enforcement of Community Standards, for example on Hate Speech, to restrict political speech in Myanmar. Whether Facebook users have noted changes in Facebook’s moderation and appeals in Myanmar-related posts since the 2021 coup. Content moderation challenges specific to the Burmese language. https://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/oversight-board-overrules-facebook-deletion-of-myanmar-hate-speech-post/ RELATED PAGES ဆက်စပ် 1. MDRF invitation: Is Facebook’s content moderation working? 2. “Hate speech” committee threatens more censorship 2/9