Meta says Malaysian PM Anwar’s posts on Haniyeh assassination were removed in error

Meta was sorry for ‘an operational error’, adding that the content had been restored with ‘the correct newsworthy label’, a Meta spokesperson said. — Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR: Meta Platforms apologised on Aug 6 for erroneously removing Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s social media posts in which he expressed condolences to a Hamas official about the assassination of the group's leader Ismail Haniyeh.

Meta was sorry for "an operational error", adding that the content had been restored with "the correct newsworthy label”, a Meta spokesperson told Reuters.