Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads
2 years, 6 months ago

Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads

LA Times  

According to a new report, Facebook and its parent company, Meta, once again failed to detect blatant, violent hate speech in The test couldn’t have been much easier — and Facebook still failed. Facebook and its parent company, Meta Platforms, flopped once again in a test of how well they could detect obviously violent hate speech in The hateful messages focused on Ethiopia, where internal documents obtained by whistleblower Frances Haugen showed that Facebook’s ineffective moderation is “literally fanning ethnic violence,” as she said in her 2021 congressional testimony. The group created 12 text-based ads that used dehumanizing hate speech to call for the slaying of people belonging to each of Ethiopia’s three main ethnic groups — the Amhara, the Oromo and the Tigrayans. “When ads calling for genocide in Ethiopia repeatedly get through Facebook’s net — even after the issue is flagged with Facebook — there’s only one possible conclusion: There’s nobody home,” said Rosa Curling, director of Foxglove, the London-based legal nonprofit that partnered with Global Witness in its investigation.

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UN blames Myanmar Army over Facebook pages spreading hate against Rohingya
8 months, 4 weeks ago

UN blames Myanmar Army over Facebook pages spreading hate against Rohingya

Firstpost  

Before hundreds of thousands of Rohingya were forced into neighboring Bangladesh during a crackdown that is currently the subject of a UN genocide probe, Facebook has long been accused of aiding in the dissemination of massive volumes of hate speech against the group The connections between the pages were seen in various ways: they often shared creators, administrators, and editors, …

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  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Social media platforms Facebook and TikTok failed at enforcing their policies after each being hit with ads containing “blatant” misinformation about the 2022 midterm elections, a report found Friday. Stemming from an investigation by watchdog Global Witness and New York University’s Cybersecurity for Democracy team, the new report describes researchers’ efforts to post 20 ads with misinformation …

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

TikTok bad at culling US election misinformation ads

The Hindu  

TikTok's algorithms are very good at finding videos to keep people glued to their phone screens for hours on end. Global Witness and NYU tested whether some of the most popular social platforms — Facebook, YouTube and TikTok — can detect and take down false political ads targeted at U.S. voters ahead of next month's midterm elections. Jon Lloyd, senior …

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  

TikTok’s algorithms are very good at finding videos to keep people glued to their phone screens for hours on end. Global Witness and NYU tested whether some of the most popular social platforms — Facebook, YouTube and TikTok — can detect and take down false political ads targeted at U.S. voters ahead of next month’s midterm elections. Jon Lloyd, senior …

Facebook Must Compensate Rohingyas Over Hate Speech: Amnesty
2 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Must Compensate Rohingyas Over Hate Speech: Amnesty

News 18  

Facebook should pay reparations to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas forced from their homes in Myanmar in a campaign exacerbated by rampant online hate speech, Amnesty International said in a report Thursday. Victims’ associations and rights advocates say the violence was ramped up by Facebook’s algorithms, saying they play up extremist content that encourages harmful disinformation and hate speech. …

Meta owes Rohingya reparations for Myanmar violence, says Amnesty
2 years, 2 months ago

Meta owes Rohingya reparations for Myanmar violence, says Amnesty

Al Jazeera  

Facebook owner failed to take action on hate speech against Rohingya despite repeated warnings, says rights group. A prominent human rights group says Facebook’s owner Meta owes the Rohingya reparations for the platform’s role in fuelling violence against the mostly Muslim minority in Myanmar. “In the months and years leading up to the atrocities, Facebook’s algorithms were intensifying a storm …

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  

Facebook failed to detect blatant election-related misinformation in ads ahead of Brazil’s 2022 election, a new report from Global Witness has found, continuing a pattern of not catching material that violates its policies the group describes as “alarming.” The This is the fourth time that the London-based nonprofit has tested Meta’s ability to catch blatant violations of the rules of …

Facebook fails third time in blocking hate speech
2 years, 4 months ago

Facebook fails third time in blocking hate speech

The Hindu  

Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya as it has in other countries, according to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove. Each time Global Witness has submitted ads with blatant hate speech to see if Facebook’s systems would catch it, the company failed to do so. In Ethiopia, the ads …

In a 3rd test, Facebook still fails to block hate speech
2 years, 4 months ago

In a 3rd test, Facebook still fails to block hate speech

Associated Press  

Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya as it has in other countries, according to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove. “We’ve taken extensive steps to help us catch hate speech and inflammatory content in Kenya, and we’re intensifying these efforts ahead of the election. That’s why we have teams …

Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads
2 years, 6 months ago

Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — The test couldn’t have been much easier — and Facebook still failed. Facebook and its parent company Meta flopped once again in a test of how well they could detect obviously violent hate speech in The hateful messages focused on Ethiopia, where internal documents obtained by whistleblower Frances Haugen showed that Facebook’s ineffective moderation is “literally fanning …

‘Kill more': Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya
2 years, 9 months ago

‘Kill more': Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority years after such behavior was found to have played a determining role in the genocide against them. The report shared exclusively with The Associated Press showed the rights group Global Witness submitted eight paid ads …

Rohingyas sue Facebook for $150 billion over Myanmar violence: What the lawsuit is about, why refugees filed it
3 years ago

Rohingyas sue Facebook for $150 billion over Myanmar violence: What the lawsuit is about, why refugees filed it

Firstpost  

The Rohingyas are a Muslim ethnic group forced to flee persecution and violence in Myanmar starting in 2017, with an estimated one million living in refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh. Some 10,000 have ended up in the United States On Tuesday, Rohingya refugees in the United States sued Facebook parent Meta Platforms for more than $150 billion over what they …

Rohingya Refugees Sue Facebook For $150 Bn Over Myanmar Violence Due To Unregulated Hate Speech
3 years ago

Rohingya Refugees Sue Facebook For $150 Bn Over Myanmar Violence Due To Unregulated Hate Speech

ABP News  

New Delhi: Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have decided to sue Meta, formerly Facebook, for $150 billion over allegations against the social media giant that its negligence contributed to the ongoing Myanmar violence, Reuters reported. Myanmar Law Unlikely To Be Successful: Law Professor Quoting Anupam Chander, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, the Reuters report said that invoking Myanmar law …

Rohingya sue Facebook for $150bn for fueling Myanmar hate speech
3 years ago

Rohingya sue Facebook for $150bn for fueling Myanmar hate speech

Al Jazeera  

Complaint claims algorithms that power the company promote disinformation that translates into real-world violence. Rohingya refugees have sued the social media giant Facebook for $150bn over claims the social network is failing to stem hate speech on its platform, exacerbating violence against the vulnerable Myanmar minority. “The undeniable reality is that Facebook’s growth, fueled by hate, division, and misinformation, has …

Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook
3 years, 1 month ago

Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic and religious violence in Myanmar, Facebook still has problems detecting and moderating hate speech and misinformation on its platform in the Southeast Asian nation, internal documents viewed by The Associated Press show. The Burmese caption reads, “Don’t catch them alive.” Despite the ongoing issues, Facebook saw its operations …

Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook
3 years, 1 month ago

Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic and religious violence in Myanmar, Facebook still has problems detecting and moderating hate speech and misinformation on its platform in the Southeast Asian nation, internal documents viewed by The Associated Press show. After Zuckerberg’s 2018 congressional testimony, Facebook developed digital tools to combat hate speech and misinformation and …

Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook
3 years, 1 month ago

Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook

Associated Press  

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic and religious violence in Myanmar, Facebook still has problems detecting and moderating hate speech and misinformation on its platform in the Southeast Asian nation, internal documents viewed by The Associated Press show. The Burmese caption reads, “Don’t catch them alive.” Despite the ongoing issues, Facebook saw its operations …

Top Takeaways From The Facebook Papers (So Far)
3 years, 1 month ago

Top Takeaways From The Facebook Papers (So Far)

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Leaks of internal Facebook documents brought about by former Facebook-employee-turned-whistleblower Frances Haugen have turned into a deluge, as journalists across more than a dozen outlets scrutinize the trove of tens of thousands of pages and publish the findings online. “We know that many things that generate engagement on our platform leave users divided and depressed.” Facebook employees …

Facebook turned a blind eye to anti-Muslim hate speech and propaganda in India, says report
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook turned a blind eye to anti-Muslim hate speech and propaganda in India, says report

India Today  

There has been a massive leak of internal documents from Facebook and several whistleblowers have come forward to claim that the company is not doing enough to stop or curb hate speech and propaganda. A new report by the Wall Street Journal, which is based on documents leaked from Facebook, says Facebook researchers have repeatedly identified a sustained and widely …

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 …

Years after letting misinformation spread, Facebook bans Myanmar military accounts after coup
3 years, 10 months ago

Years after letting misinformation spread, Facebook bans Myanmar military accounts after coup

India Today  

In a move that can be called too late and too little, Facebook has finally decided to ban the Myanmar military from Facebook and Instagram. Along with the main page managed by the military, Facebook has also taken action against a number of linked accounts as well as accounts run by entities connected with the Myanmar military. In a post, …

Facebook says AI helped reduce hate speech on its platform
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook says AI helped reduce hate speech on its platform

The Hindu  

Facebook said nearly 97% of the hate speech and harassment content taken down in the final three months of last year were detected by automated systems, before any human flagged it. The social network, in its ‘Community Standards Enforcement Report’, noted that in the fourth quarter ending December 2020, hate speech prevalence dropped to about 0.08% of total content from …

Facebook banned Trump but has failed to react quickly to other leaders who incited violence
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook banned Trump but has failed to react quickly to other leaders who incited violence

LA Times  

A political leader uses social media to spread misinformation and hate. “Facebook is really taking serious action on what’s happening in the U.S., but we’ve been raising the issue of government instigation of violence for many years when they didn’t take any action,” said Thet Swe Win, an activist in Myanmar, where military and Buddhist leaders long used the social …

Facebook offers up first-ever estimate of hate speech prevalence on its platform
4 years, 1 month ago

Facebook offers up first-ever estimate of hate speech prevalence on its platform

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc for the first time on Thursday disclosed numbers on the prevalence of hate speech on its platform, saying that out of every 10,000 content views in the third quarter, 10 to 11 included hate speech. Facebook said it took action on 22.1 million pieces of hate speech content in the third quarter, about 95% of which was proactively …

Facebook and YouTube reach a deal with advertisers on hate speech
4 years, 3 months ago

Facebook and YouTube reach a deal with advertisers on hate speech

CNN  

London CNN Business — Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have agreed to allow outsiders to audit how they handle harmful content such as hate speech following boycotts of their platforms by major advertisers. The agreement, which has taken more than a year to negotiate, requires social media platforms to undergo an independent audit of how they are categorizing, reporting and eliminating …

Column: Facebook still turning a blind eye to hate speech
4 years, 5 months ago

Column: Facebook still turning a blind eye to hate speech

LA Times  

Jonathan Greenblatt, the chief executive and national director of the Anti-Defamation League, was not all that optimistic in advance of the online meeting that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg had set up with him and the heads of other civil rights groups last Tuesday. Yet Facebook’s indulgences of politicians’ misstatements “seem to gut policies the Auditors and …

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