Republican AGs demand Meta answers on Oct. 7 content moderation policies
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FIRST ON FOX — At least a dozen Republican state attorneys general from across the United States signed a letter to Meta Platforms Chief Legal Officer Jennifer Newstead demanding answers on the company’s actions following the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks in Israel.
“We, the 12 undersigned Attorneys General, write to express our serious concerns over recent allegations regarding Meta’s actions following the October 7, 2023, massacre and terrorist attack in Israel,” the letter, sent to Meta a day after the two-year anniversary of the attacks, said.
The attorneys general are calling on Newstead to provide Meta’s latest policy on depictions of violence and incitement, as well as any other relevant policies. Newstead is also requested to describe “remedial efforts,” if any, that Meta made after the Oct. 7 attacks. Additionally, the attorneys general asked Newstead to detail any other steps Meta has taken to prevent illegal violence from being displayed on its platforms.
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Hamas fighters destroy a tank of Israeli forces in Gaza City on Oct. 07, 2023. (Hani Alshaer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The attorneys general asked Newstead to provide a response to the letter by Nov. 10, 2025.
The attorneys general who signed the letter are Alan Wilson of South Carolina, Brenna Bird of Iowa, Steve Marshall of Alabama, Tim Griffin of Arkansas, James Uthmeier of Florida, Todd Rokita of Indiana, Gentner Drummond of Oklahoma, Catherine Hanaway of Missouri, Austin Knudsen of Montana, Mike Hilgers of Nebraska, Marty Jackley of South Dakota, and Ken Paxton of Texas.
Meta’s current policy — which has been changed multiple times since the attacks — says it removes “threats of violence against various targets” and defines threats of violence as “statements or visuals representing an intention, aspiration, or call for violence against a target, and threats can be expressed in various types of statements such as statements of intent, calls for action, advocacy, expressions of hope, aspirational statements and conditional statements.”
Additionally, Meta says on its website that it protects users from “depictions of kidnappings or abductions” and depictions of “high-severity or mid-severity violence.”
“Hamas is banned from our platforms, and we remove content that supports and glorifies them and the terrorist attacks on October 7th,” a Meta spokesperson said in a statement to FOX Business. “Following the attacks, we formed dedicated teams that worked around the clock to address and remove content that violates our policies, while ensuring our platforms can still be used to condemn Hamas and raise awareness of their victims and the hostages still being held in Gaza.”
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