Meta’s Oversight Board is reviewing two cases of posts on Facebook and Instagram related to political violence following Venezuela’s contested presidential election. The reviews will be expedited in light of “exceptional circumstances, including when content could result in urgent real-world consequences.”
Venezuela’s presidential elections were held on July 28th. Both Edmundo González, the opposition candidate, and Nicolás Maduro, the incumbent president, claimed victory in the election. (Veneuela’s National Electoral Council didn’t initially release results, claiming it had been hacked. The result has since been disputed.)
In the weeks since the election, supporters of the opposition have taken to the streets in protest, claiming…