10:31 AM EDT, 03/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Meta Platforms' ( META ) oversight board on Tuesday recommended the Facebook owner to end its blanket ban on the Arabic word "shaheed."

The social media giant presently removes any posts using "shaheed" in referring to people it designates on its list of "dangerous organizations and individuals." The oversight board said that the approach is "overbroad, and substantially and disproportionately restricts free expression."

"Meta should stop presuming that the word 'shaheed,' when used to refer to a designated individual or unnamed members of designated organizations, is always violating and ineligible for policy exceptions," the oversight board said while making several other recommendations.

Meta didn't immediately respond to MT Newswires' request for comment.

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