Oversight Board overturns Facebook’s decision to remove post containing insinuations against RSS, PM

An independent board set up by Facebook has overturned the social media giant’s decision to remove a user’s post under its rules on ‘Dangerous individuals and Organisations’, and urged the social media platform to “avoid mistakes” that “silence the voices of religious minorities”. In February, the Oversight Board had taken up the case related to a user’s post that was shared from a Punjabi-language online platform and contained insinuations against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While the post was initially taken down for violating Facebook’s community guidelines, the social media company later restored the content.