Meta Platforms’ Oversight Board criticized the company's January policy overhaul, which reduced fact-checking and lessened restrictions on contentious topics. The board urged assessment of potential adverse effects and made 17 recommendations.

Meta’s Oversight Board is calling on the company to evaluate how recent changes to its content moderation policies could impact the human rights of some users, including those in the LGBTQ

Meta Platforms' ( NASDAQ: META) Oversight Board has raised concerns over the social media giant's policy changes that ended fact-checking and lifted restrictions on topics like immigration and gender identity.