The Oversight Board for Instagram-owner Meta Platforms 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.
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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.

    Iran saw sporadic protests in mid-September amid a widespread crackdown by security forces a year after the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in custody set off some of the worst political unrest in four decades.

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

    The accompanying caption, in Persian, indicates the user’s support for the woman and more broadly for Iranian women standing up to the regime, while also commenting on the arrest.

    The board said the case of the video falls within its strategic priorities that include crisis and conflict situations and gender.

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