

Facebook considered that the line “The Armenians were terrorists that deserved it” violated the company’s Hate Speech Community Standard. The meme depicted a cartoon character, sweating, with the Turkish flag substituting his face, in front of two buttons with corresponding statements in English: “The Armenian Genocide is a lie” and “The Armenians were terrorists that deserved it”. On May 22, 2021, the Oversight Board overturned Facebook’s (now Meta) decision to remove a comment on Facebook that included an adaptation of the “two buttons” meme.
