To build trust, platforms should try a little democracy

SMART VACUUM AND MOP

In the first case, the board overturned a decision by the company to remove an Instagram post. A (presumably LGBT) user had posted an image that included various anti-LGBTQ slurs in Arabic, they said, in an effort to reclaim the power of those words. Instagram initially removed the post under its policies against hate speech. In its decision, the board noted why this is a problem: