Meta’s independent oversight board on Wednesday rebuked the company for scrapping the social-media giant’s fact-checking policy earlier this year – urging Mark Zuckerberg’s firm to assess “potential adverse effects.

Meta's Oversight Board is not thrilled with the changes CEO Mark Zuckerberg made to the company's censorship policies earlier this year. On Wednesday, the board said his decision to ditch the third party fact-checking operation was "announced hastily" and "in a departure from regular procedure,

On Wednesday, Meta’s Oversight Board called on the company to evaluate how recent policy change’s may negatively impact human rights. The Board’s request comes alongside its publication of its first 11 case decisions following Meta’s sweeping policy changes at the start of the year.