Meta oversight board declares anti-Israel rallying call 'from the river to the sea' is not hate speech

The oversight board for Facebook's parent company declared that the anti-Israel slogan "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" is not hate speech.

Meta's board made the announcement on its official website on Wednesday, arguing that certain uses of the slogan can express "solidarity with Palestinians" without "calling for violence or exclusion."

Meta's board considered three separate uses of the phrase in posts on Facebook, and the board noted that none of the posts "glorify...