Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has faced calls to "free the nipple" and change its content moderation policies, after banning posts by non-binary and transgender people.
Its oversight board unbanned two Instagram posts showing the bare chests of the non-binary and transgender couple, adding it needed to meet “international human rights standards”.
Meta’s current “policy is based on a binary view of gender and a distinction between male and female bodies,” the advisory oversight board said.
“Such an approach makes it unclear how the rules apply to intersex, non-binary and transgender people, and requires reviewers to make rapid and subjective assessments,” which is impractical, it added.
The board advised Meta should undergo an assessment with a diverse range of stakeholders, before revising and clarifying its existing content policies.
These policies should meet international standards, so not to discriminate “on the basis of sex or gender,” it added.
Pressure from its own oversight board mark continuing woes for Meta, which agreed to pay-out US$725mln to settle a class action lawsuit after allegedly sharing data without consent in late December.
It also missed earning targets when it posted third quarter results in October, alongside having to lay off staff on mass for the first time in its history last year amid wider economic pressures.