Meta spokesperson: documentation in an article alleging Instagram removed posts flagged by a BJP member in India without oversight “appears to be fabricated” (Andy Stone/@andymstone)

Jahnavi Sen / The Wire:
Source: Instagram removed 705 posts without moderator oversight flagged by Amit Malviya, who runs Indian nationalist party BJP’s IT Cell, as part of XCheck  —  Seven posts by satirical account @cringearchivist were removed without any verification because the head of the BJP’s …

Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Meta’s Oversight Board says the company should be more careful with automated moderation and criticizes removing a cartoon depicting police violence in Colombia  —  Meta’s Oversight Board says the company should be more careful with automated moderation tools, criticizing it for removing a cartoon depicting police violence in Colombia.

Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Meta’s Oversight Board releases an in-depth report on the controversial cross-check moderation system, calling for “radically” more transparency  —  Meta’s Oversight Board has released an in-depth report on Facebook and Instagram’s controversial cross-check system …

Brandy Betz / CoinDesk:
Estonia-based 3Commas, an automated crypto trading and portfolio management service, has raised a $37M Series B  —  The CEO of crypto custodian Copper also led the round for the trading bot-driven ecosystem.  —  3Commas, an automated crypto trading bot platform, has raised $37 million …

Chavi Mehta / Reuters:
Meta’s Oversight Board says it can make binding decisions to apply a warning screen when “leaving up or restoring qualifying content”, starting this month  —  Meta Platforms Inc’s (META.O) independent oversight board said on Thursday that starting this month it can decide …

The Wire:
The Wire responds, including an alleged recording of an internal Instagram subdomain and DKIM verification, to Meta’s statement questioning its XCheck probe  —  A point-by-point response to Meta’s statement questioning The Wire’s story on the ease with which the BJP IT Cell head is able to get Instagram to delete posts he reports.