Metaplatforms Inc.‘s META supervisory boardreversed the social media giant’s decision to remove a post from Monday Facebook who criticized Iran’s supreme leader with the slogan “Tod Khamenei”. amid violent protests in the country.
What happened: The panel, which is funded by Meta but acts independently, said in a ruling that the sentence did not violate a rule barring violent threats.
It added that the slogan is often used to mean “Down with Khamenei” while referring to the Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“In the context of the post and the broader social, political and linguistic situation in Iran, ‘marg bar Khamenei’ should be understood as ‘down with’. It’s a rhetorical, political slogan, not a credible threat,” the board said.
It also urged the tech giant to develop better ways to include such context in its content policies, and to clearly outline when rhetorical threats against top executives are allowed.
This comes as Tehran is in the midst of a violent nationwide protest sparked by the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody. With the protests going on for months, the protesters are now focused and focused on Khamenei calls for an end to the Islamic government.
Iran three other people sentenced to death charged with killing three members of the security forces during nationwide anti-Hijab protests, reported AFP. This brought the total number of people sentenced to death in connection with the protests to 17.
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