Meta’s Oversight Board ruled that Facebook posts containing the phrase “death to Khamenei” should be allowed on the platform.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei because the slogan is often used to mean “down with Khamenei” by protesters who have faced months of brutal crackdowns across the country recently.
“It is a rhetorical, political slogan, not a credible threat,” the board, which is funded by Meta but operates independently, wrote. A Meta spokesperson separately on Monday toldthat it had been “removing content calling for people to take up arms or forcibly invade Congress, the Presidential palace and other federal buildings,” in Brazil ahead of the election.
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