Social media giant Meta is rejecting a recommendation made by its own Oversight Board to suspend Cambodian leader HE’s Facebook account for inciting violence.

The Oversight Board, created by Meta to adjudicate difficult content decisions, asked the company in June to suspend the account of then-Prime Minister HE based on a video he posted earlier this year where he threatened to “beat up” opponents, “send gangsters” to their homes and “arrest a traitor with sufficient evidence at midnight.”

But in a decision posted Monday, Meta said suspending HE’s account “would not be consistent with our policies, including our protocol on restricting accounts of public figures during civil unrest.” It had removed the video cited as violent, Meta said, and saw no other justification for revoking HE’s access to the platform.

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA —
Cambodia's ex-leader HE returned to Facebook on Sunday, claiming the social media giant had "rendered justice" to him by refusing to suspend his account after he posted violent threats on the platform.

In a post, HE said Facebook had rejected a recommendation from its Oversight Board to suspend his account after he had posted a video threatening to beat up his rivals.

It is the latest twist in a months-long row that has seen the prolific user quit Cambodia's most popular social media site, deactivate his account, and threaten to ban the platform.

"I have decided to use Facebook again... after Facebook rejected recommendations of a group of bad people and rendered justice to me," he wrote on Sunday, referencing the Oversight Board.

phlezk wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:59 am Brightfart isn't journalism. So, disregard all sources from there. The other two are legit.

In other shocking news, private company decides what to do with it's own servers. Insane concept. Carrying on...

IraHayes wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 12:33 pm

phlezk wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:59 am Brightfart isn't journalism. So, disregard all sources from there. The other two are legit.

In other shocking news, private company decides what to do with it's own servers. Insane concept. Carrying on...

We got a live one here!! and with pronouns in their social media bio's too I bet.

Mark Twain said it rather well.....
“It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”