Facebook misses election disinformation ads in Brazil: Report
2 years, 4 months ago

Facebook misses election disinformation ads in Brazil: Report

Al Jazeera  

Facebook failed to filter out The international rights group said on Monday that it had submitted 10 ads in Brazilian Portuguese to Facebook that contained election disinformation, including false claims about where and when to vote, or sought to delegitimise the country’s electoral process. “Given the high stakes nature of the Brazilian election, Facebook is failing in its efforts to adequately protect Brazilians from a disinformation nightmare,” Global Witness said in its report. The social media giant also said its efforts in the previous Brazilian election “resulted in the removal of 140,000 posts from Facebook and Instagram for violating our election interference policies and 250,000 rejections of unauthorized political ads”. In the three prior instances, the non-profit group submitted ads containing violent hate speech to see if Facebook’s controls — either human reviewers or artificial intelligence – would catch them, but the company did not.

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YouTube will no longer take down false claims about U.S. elections
1 year, 6 months ago

YouTube will no longer take down false claims about U.S. elections

NPR  

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Facebook, YouTube remove content backing Brazil attack
1 year, 11 months ago

Facebook, YouTube remove content backing Brazil attack

The Hindu  

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TikTok, Facebook OK'd Ads With Misinformation About Voting: Report
2 years, 2 months ago

TikTok, Facebook OK'd Ads With Misinformation About Voting: Report

Huff Post  

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TikTok bad at culling US election misinformation ads
2 years, 2 months ago

TikTok bad at culling US election misinformation ads

The Hindu  

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Report: TikTok bad at culling US election misinformation ads
2 years, 2 months ago

Report: TikTok bad at culling US election misinformation ads

Associated Press  

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Strike four: Facebook misses election misinfo in Brazil ads
2 years, 4 months ago

Strike four: Facebook misses election misinfo in Brazil ads

Associated Press  

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Facebook takes down Brazil environmental disinformation network with ties to military
2 years, 8 months ago

Facebook takes down Brazil environmental disinformation network with ties to military

The Hindu  

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Inside the ‘big wave’ of misinformation targeted at Latinos
3 years ago

Inside the ‘big wave’ of misinformation targeted at Latinos

Associated Press  

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What Facebook knew about its Latino-aimed disinformation problem
3 years, 1 month ago

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LA Times  

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Ex-Facebook employee says company has known about disinformation problem for years
3 years, 2 months ago

Ex-Facebook employee says company has known about disinformation problem for years

NPR  

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Why is Facebook limiting political content in Indonesia, Brazil and Canada?
3 years, 10 months ago

Why is Facebook limiting political content in Indonesia, Brazil and Canada?

ABC  

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Facebook’s VP of Global Policy Management on How the Platform Handled the U.S. Election
54 years, 11 months ago

Facebook’s VP of Global Policy Management on How the Platform Handled the U.S. Election

Slate  

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Facebook Bans US Ads That Call Voting Fraud Widespread or Election Results Invalid
4 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Bans US Ads That Call Voting Fraud Widespread or Election Results Invalid

News 18  

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54 years, 11 months ago

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Slate  

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Facebook Clamps Down On Posts, Ads That Could Undermine U.S. Presidential Election
4 years, 3 months ago

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NPR  

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