By virtue of flagging thousands of pieces of content each month to social media platforms, we often come across cases that are of particular interest. They might be an outrageous mistake by the platform, a particularly interesting emerging trend, or simply a case that makes us go “hmm…”.

Here is a non-exhaustive, subjective highlight reel of some cases that stood out for us.

Instagram

Comment explaining that the reason so many French people go to Marrakesh is to engage in pedophilia.

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Instagram’s rules prohibit content targeting groups of people on the basis of their nationality to allege serious immorality, including pedophilia.

Instagram ruled that this comment did not go against its policies.

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Comment telling adults should be ashamed to have allowed “cancer” into the French Chamber of deputies, referring to young veiled girls.

Instagram’s rules prohibit content targeting groups of people on the basis of their religion to call for their segregation as well as to dehumanize them.

Instagram ruled that it did not go against its policies.

Facebook

Comment saying that white people should make more babies so that the author and his friends can do “THIS to white hoez”, along with a picture of the back of a naked white woman with slap marks. 

Facebook’ rules prohibit content promoting violence (especially targeted at specific genders and races), depictions of sexual violence, as well as sexualized insults.

Facebook ruled that the comment did not go against its policies.

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Comment saying “islam is a tick” (the insect) underneath a post saying that Israel is a historical mistake and zionism a cancer for humanity. 

Facebook’ rules prohibit content targeting groups of people on the basis of their religion to compare them with insects.

Facebook ruled that the comment did not go against its policies.

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Comment displaying a picture of a muslim couple expecting a child, with the man asking “Is it a boy or a girl?”, to which the mother answers “it’s a bomb”. 

Facebook’ rules prohibit content targeting groups of people on the basis of their religion to allege that they are terrorists.

Facebook ruled that the comment did not go against its policies.

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Comment displaying a picture of what appears to be a council, captioned with “the Jews selecting which race to weaponize against whites next”.

Facebook’ rules prohibit content targeting groups of people on the basis of their religion to promote harmful stereotypes historically linked to intimidation.

Facebook ruled that this comment did not go against its policies.

TikTok

Comment saying the author would rather see a little Jew in a cattle car than pigs going to the slaughterhouse.

Tiktok’s rules prohibit encouraging harm towards people based on their religion, minimizing the Holocaust, dehumanizing comparisons and glorifying violence.

TikTok ruled that this comment did not go against its policies.

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Unlabeled AI-generated video depicting, and sexualizing, an underage-looking girl.

TikTok’s rules prohibit AI-generated sexualized depictions, accounts focused on AI images of youth in clothing suited for adults, and significant body exposure of young people. It also requires the labeling of AI-generated content.

TikTok ruled that this video did not go against its policies.

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Labeled AI-generated video depicting, and sexualizing, a girl looking young and severely underweight.

TikTok’s rules prohibit AI-generated sexualized depictions, accounts focused on AI images of youth in clothing suited for adults, and significant body exposure of young people.

TikTok ruled that this picture did not go against its policies.

LinkedIn

Post saying that a small minority of the French population (one sixth of one percent) controls the destiny of 99.99% of the people, linking to a video by an activist found guilty on multiple occasions of incitement to hatred for his antisemitic rhetoric, and talking about Jewish representative institutions.

LinkedIn’s rules prohibit content that denigrates groups on the basis of their religion.

LinkedIn ruled that this post did not go against its policies.

YouTube

Extract from RT, a Russian state propaganda channel that has been banned from the EU for its role in supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

EU legislation, as well as YouTube policy, prohibits RT content from being made accessible to EU audiences on the platform.

YouTube did not find that the content was against its rules or EU legislation.

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One of dozens of deepfakes of legendary investor Warren Buffett’s voice, posted by a single channel that sells online courses. Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway, issued an official statement specifically warning users against this channel’s impersonated videos.

Youtube prohibits content intended to look like someone else is posting it

YouTube did not find that the content was against its rules.

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Extract from a show by TV Zvezda, the Russian Army’s official media network and which has been banned from the EU for its role in supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

EU legislation prohibits TV Zvezda content from being made accessible to EU audiences on the platform.

YouTube did not find that the content was against its rules or EU legislation.