Meta Will Ignore Ethics Board’s Advice on Restricting Drug Posts
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Meta Platforms Inc., the owner of Facebook and Instagram, will ignore some of its ethics watchdog's advice to tighten up its oversight of drug-related posts, in a decision with widespread ramifications for how people learn about psychedelic drugs. The Oversight Board's guidance on drugs stems from a 2022 post tagged to a “paid partner” that described a ketamine treatment as a “medicine” and a “magical entry into another dimension.” Meta removed and reinstated the post three times. In August, the board overturned Meta's decision to leave it up, and made more sweeping recommendations — including that Meta should audit what the board called “inconsistently enforced” policies against selling or promoting illegal or recreational drugs. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join.Meta rep...