Meta Oversight Board to review handling of video showing unveiled woman in Iran

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Nov 16 (Reuters) - The Oversight Board for Instagram-owner Meta Platforms (META.O) said on Thursday it was reviewing the app's decision to leave up, remove, and then reinstate, a post that showed a man confronting a woman in Iran for not wearing the hijab in public...

The Oversight Board was created in late 2020 to review Facebook and Instagram's decisions on taking down or leaving up certain content and make rulings on whether to uphold or overturn the social media company's actions...

The board, which is funded by Meta but independently run, said it had chosen the post, which was put up earlier this year, to "explore Meta's policies and practices in moderating content that could impact the ongoing protests in Iran"...

In a statement, the board said the Instagram video it was reviewing showed the face of the woman, who was arrested following the confrontation...