米メタの削除対応は誤り　岸田首相批判投稿で―監督委

　【シリコンバレー時事】米メタ（旧フェイスブック）の投稿管理を検証する有識者の「監督委員会」は１０日、傘下の短文投稿アプリ「スレッズ」上の岸田文雄首相への「くたばれ」との投稿を削除した同社の初動対応を誤りとして覆す決定を下した。投稿は政治批判であり、実際に危害を加える可能性は低かったと指摘した。
　監督委は政治家に対して許容される表現の範囲などを検証。死を求める投稿であっても、それが軽蔑や意見の相違を表現する深刻ではないものであれば許容するようメタに勧告した。文脈や言葉遣いも考慮するよう求めた。（2024/09/11-08:59）

Meta Platforms Inc.'s Oversight Board said Tuesday that the U.S. social media giant's deletion of a user's comment attacking Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was an "error."
   The board said in a statement that the comment in question was removed "in error" and that the removal was "neither necessary nor consistent with Meta's human rights responsibilities."
   The comment was made on the Threads app in response to a news article in January about a political funds scandal involving Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, led by Kishida. It used the offensive Japanese word "kutabare" against Kishida.
   The board found that the comment was "intended as non-literal political criticism calling attention to alleged corruption, using strong language, which is not unusual on Japanese social media. It was unlikely to cause harm."
   The board added that it checked the meaning of kutabare with experts, who confirmed that it is "widely used...as a statement of dislike and disapproval."