Facebook has decided to update its community standards to be more transparent about how it handles satirical content, after the independent Oversight Board asked the social network to do so. Facebook said that it will add information to the Community Standards that makes it clear "where we consider satire as part of our assessment of context-specific decisions.

"This change will allow teams to consider satire when assessing potential Hate Speech violations," Facebook said in a statement on Saturday. On March 2, the Oversight Board selected a case appealed by someone on Facebook regarding a comment with a meme depicting Turkey having to choose between "The Armenian Genocide is a lie" and "The Armenians were terrorists who deserved it." Facebook took down this content for violating its policy on hate speech, as laid out in the Community Standards.