Meta's Oversight Board, an organization that has the authority to review Meta's decisions and take down or leave up pieces of content, recently affirmed that Meta should leave up a post by a far- right French politician Eric Zemmour that condemns African immigration as it "colonizes Europe." While many might reject that sort of rhetoric as a dog whistle to more racist tropes and beliefs, it is also true that immigration is a major political issue of contention around the world. Indeed, Zemmour received 7 percent in the first round of voting for the French presidency. While Zemmour's views are abhorrent, the challenge in this case is whether strident anti- immigrant speech, even regarding potential conspiracy theories, causes enough harm on Meta's platforms to justify the suppression of core political speech.
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