Facebook’s most popular posts were trash. Here is how it cleaned up
2 years, 1 month ago

Facebook’s most popular posts were trash. Here is how it cleaned up

Live Mint  

Earlier this year, Meta Platforms Inc. quietly convened a war room of staffers to address a critical problem: virtually all of Facebook’s top-ranked content was spammy, oversexualized or generally what the company classified as regrettable. But the company’s executives and researchers were growing embarrassed that its widely viewed content report, a quarterly survey of the posts with the broadest reach, was consistently dominated by stolen memes, engagement bait and link spam for sketchy online shops, according to documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal and people familiar with the issue. Facebook’s third-quarter Widely Viewed Content Report, released on Tuesday, shows only one in the top 20 posts qualified as engagement bait, down from 100% a year earlier. “We’re cautiously optimistic of the progress we’ve made as we work to improve the quality of content within Facebook," said Anna Stepanov, head of Facebook Integrity, in an announcement of the report. In the third quarter last year, 70% of the top 20 most-viewed posts met the company’s existing definition of being “regrettable," a report from last year showed.

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Meta set to take action on bullying and harassment content- Know-how
2 years, 4 months ago

Meta set to take action on bullying and harassment content- Know-how

India TV News  

Meta displayed warnings on over 200 million distinct pieces of content on Facebook globally in the April-June period based on over 130,000 debunking articles written by its fact-checking partners. "We continue to make progress on the prevalence of bullying and harassment content, which is now eight to nine views per 10,000 on Facebook and four to five views per 10,000 …

Facebook sees 38% jump in hate speech, 86% rise in violent content on Instagram in April
2 years, 7 months ago

Facebook sees 38% jump in hate speech, 86% rise in violent content on Instagram in April

The Hindu  

There has been a rise of around 37.82% in hate speech on social media platform Facebook and 86% jump in violent and inciting content on Instagram in April, according to a monthly report released by parent company Meta. According to the report released on May 31, Facebook detected 53,200 cases of hate speech in April, which is 37.82% higher compared …

Facebook Asked Users What Content Was “Good” or “Bad for the World.” Some of the Results Were Shocking.
55 years ago

Facebook Asked Users What Content Was “Good” or “Bad for the World.” Some of the Results Were Shocking.

Slate  

On Oct. 23, 2020, a number of Facebook employees attended a work presentation that asked a rather complex question—”How much of News Feed is Good for the world?”—according to disclosures made to the Securities and Exchange Commission and provided to Congress in redacted form by Frances Haugen’s legal counsel. This slide deck focused on the company’s first “Good for the …

Facebook denies report that its AI fails to detect hate speech
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook denies report that its AI fails to detect hate speech

The Hindu  

Facebook has denied a report that claimed its AI technology used to detect hate speech or violence has little impact. Facebook’s post follows a Wall Street Journal report that said Facebook’s AI cannot consistently identify first-person shooting videos, racist rants and even the difference between cockfighting and car crashes. “Recent reporting suggests that our approach to addressing hate speech is …

Facebook to change rules on attacking public figures on its platforms
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook to change rules on attacking public figures on its platforms

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc will now count activists and journalists as "involuntary" public figures and so increase protections against harassment and bullying targeted at these groups, its global safety chief said in an interview this week. Facebook also differentiates between public figures and private individuals in the protections it affords around online discussion: for instance, users are generally allowed to call for …

Facebook explains content it demotes in news feed in bid for transparency
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook explains content it demotes in news feed in bid for transparency

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc on Thursday said it reduces the distribution of certain content including clickbait,posts with "sensationalist" or exaggerated health claims or low-quality videos on its news feed, and outlined its content guidelines as the social media platform faces increased scrutiny over how it displays content to users. In a blog post, Facebook said it sought to provide clarity on the …

Facebook Reveals the Most Viewed Content in US and Results are Unexpected
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook Reveals the Most Viewed Content in US and Results are Unexpected

News 18  

Ever since the 2016 US Presidential elections, Facebook has been mired with allegations of promoting propaganda and influencing US voters. In its statement, Facebook said, “our goal is to provide clarity around what people see in their Facebook News Feed, the different content types that appear in their Feed and the most-viewed domains, links, Pages, and posts on the platform …

Facebook Continues Major Crackdown On Hate Content, Removes 3.15 Million Posts
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook Continues Major Crackdown On Hate Content, Removes 3.15 Million Posts

ABP News  

New Delhi: In the June 2021 quarter, Facebook took action against 3.15 million posts that looked to spread hate. "We removed 31.5 million hate content this quarter, compared to 25.2 million in the first quarter," said Guy Rosen, Vice-President, Facebook. Whereas more than 9.8 million posts were removed from Instagram as compared to 6.3 million in the first quarter. He …

Facebook Reveals Most Viewed Posts To Rebut Claims It's Rife With Disinformation
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook Reveals Most Viewed Posts To Rebut Claims It's Rife With Disinformation

NPR  

Facebook Reveals Most Viewed Posts To Rebut Claims It's Rife With Disinformation Enlarge this image toggle caption Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images What do people see most on Facebook? Sponsor Message Facebook's new report on widely viewed content ranked the top 20 public posts, pages, links and domains that are seen by the most U.S. …

Facebook Had Lesser Hate Speech, Violence in End 2020, Proactive Steps Taken Against Bullying
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook Had Lesser Hate Speech, Violence in End 2020, Proactive Steps Taken Against Bullying

News 18  

Facebook has published its latest Community Standards Enforcement report for the final quarter of 2020. Some of the key areas that have been detailed in Facebook’s latest report include hate speech, violence and graphic content, and nudity on Facebook. For Facebook, the policy areas detailed in the Community Standards Enforcement report include child nudity and sexual exploitation, dangerous organisations activity, …

Facebook, Twitter outpaced by smaller platforms in fight against harmful content
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook, Twitter outpaced by smaller platforms in fight against harmful content

The Hindu  

Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet's YouTube made smaller strides than their social media rivals including TikTok and Reddit at battling harmful content such as hate speech and misinformation during the second half of 2020, a study released on Monday showed. Advertising agency IPG Mediabrands released its "Media Responsibility Index," examining how the top social media platforms performed in 10 areas including …

Facebook auto-generates videos celebrating extremist images
5 years, 8 months ago

Facebook auto-generates videos celebrating extremist images

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The animated video begins with a photo of the black flags of jihad. “We don’t claim to find everything and we remain vigilant in our efforts against terrorist groups around the world.” Reacting to the AP’s reporting, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee expressed frustration that Facebook has made so little progress …

Facebook has removed 1.5 million copies of the mosque attack video. New Zealand says it needs to do more
5 years, 9 months ago

Facebook has removed 1.5 million copies of the mosque attack video. New Zealand says it needs to do more

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN Business — New Zealand’s prime minister is upping the pressure on Facebook and other social media platforms after they failed to stop the spread of the Christchurch mosque attack video. Facebook’s ability to automatically block 1.2 million videos at upload “tells me there are powers to take a very direct approach to instances of speech that incites …

Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network
6 years, 3 months ago

Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network

Al Jazeera  

From violence to hate speech, self-harm to child abuse, is Facebook putting profit before safety? From violence to hate speech, self-harm to child abuse, this documentary gives undercover access to how Facebook handles extreme content and asks if the company is putting profit before safety. With 100 million hours of video watched every day on Facebook, how does the world’s …

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