Loaded Language
Meta’s Oversight Board OKs use of ‘From the River to the Sea’ on Meta platforms
The independent entity found that the phrase has antisemitic connotations and associations with Hamas but determined it is not hateful in its own right
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Graffiti reading "from the river to the sea" is seen on a building adjacent to an encampment protesting the University of Washington's ties to Israel and Boeing on the university's campus in Seattle, Washington, May 12, 2024.
Meta’s Oversight Board, an advisory body tasked with weighing in on complicated content-moderation questions on Meta’s social media platforms, decided on Wednesday that the phrase “From the River to the Sea” is not inherently antisemitic and should not result...