Meta refuses to suspend Facebook account of former Cambodia PM Hun Sen – JURIST

News Meta refuses to suspend Facebook account of former Cambodia PM Hun Sen Facebook’s parent company Meta has rejected the recommendation of its Oversight Board to suspend the Facebook account of former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for violating its policy on incitement. The decision stems from a January video in which Sen threatened his political opponents with violence, allegedly in violation of Facebook’s community standards. In its final decision on the matter, Meta said:Upon assessing Hun Sen’s Facebook Page and Instagram account, we determined that suspending those accounts outside our regular enforcement framework would not be consistent with our policies, including our protocol on restricting accounts of public figures during civil unrest. We have removed the content that was the subject of this case and, consistent with our policies, applied appropriate account-level penalties associated with that action. There is not currently any basis to suspend Hun Sen’s account under our policies.In June, the Oversight Board—which is funded by Meta but operates independently—overturned Meta’s decision to leave up a video on Facebook in which Sen threatened his political opponents with violence. At the time, the Oversight Board recommended that Facebook suspend Sen’s account for six months. Subsequently, Meta removed the video
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