Even Meta's Oversight Board thinks its rules for banning accounts are baffling

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Meta's own Oversight Board, the company's quasi-independent watchdog, has flagged serious problems with how Facebook and Instagram ban user accounts, calling the process confusing and raising due process concerns. The board's report suggests Meta's enforcement rules are so opaque and inconsistent that even the internal review body tasked with checking the company's moderation decisions struggles to understand when and why accounts disappear. The criticism underscores a persistent tension: Meta created the Oversight Board to add accountability to its content decisions, yet the board itself is finding the underlying enforcement system difficult to parse.