Both the Board and its administration are funded by an independent trust. *The Oversight Board is a separate entity from Meta and will provide its independent judgment on both individual cases and questions of policy. Likewise, the Board considered that Facebook’s restriction of the user’s freedom of expression was not necessary or proportional, under international human rights standards, since the removed content did not endorse hateful speech against Armenians, on the contrary it criticized said speech. After analyzing the content as a whole, the Board considered that the comment was of satirical nature, and rather than mock or discriminate against Armenians, the post criticized, and raised awareness about, the Turkish government’s contradictory denialism of the Armenian genocide. Facebook considered that the line “The Armenians were terrorists that deserved it” violated the company’s Hate Speech Community Standard. The meme depicted a cartoon character, sweating, with the Turkish flag substituting his face, in front of two buttons with corresponding statements in English: “The Armenian Genocide is a lie” and “The Armenians were terrorists that deserved it”.
On May 22, 2021, the Oversight Board overturned Facebook’s (now Meta) decision to remove a comment on Facebook that included an adaptation of the “two buttons” meme.
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