In Facebook posts and public appearances, Indian politician T. Raja Singh has said Rohingya Muslim immigrants should be shot, called Muslims traitors and threatened to … Facebook’s Hate-Speech Rules Collide With Indian PoliticsRead more
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Huge Scale of Facebook Climate Lies
A new study published Thursday by a pair of watchdog groups shows Facebook is allowing climate misinformation to proliferate widely—and profiting from it—even as its … Huge Scale of Facebook Climate LiesRead more
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Climate misinformation on Facebook viewed 1.4 million times daily
Facebook may be changing its corporate name, but it’s still peddling climate misinformation. According to a new report from the advocacy organization Stop Funding Heat … Climate misinformation on Facebook viewed 1.4 million times dailyRead more
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Social media algorithm favours right-leaning politics
New internal research shared Thursday by Twitter showed that conservative tweets received greater algorithmic amplification on the platform. Twitter researchers find that their algorithms amplify … Social media algorithm favours right-leaning politicsRead more
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Facebook Wavered in Checking Misinformation, Hate Speech in India
Internal documents at Facebook show “a struggle with misinformation, hate speech and celebrations of violence” in India, the company’s biggest market, with researchers at the … Facebook Wavered in Checking Misinformation, Hate Speech in IndiaRead more
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More allegations against Facebook
A second Facebook whistleblower has come forward with a new set of allegations about how the social media platform does business. First reported by the … More allegations against FacebookRead more
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Hatebook: Why Facebook is losing the war on hate speech in Myanmar
In April, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told U.S. senators that the social media site was hiring dozens more Burmese speakers to review hate speech posted … Hatebook: Why Facebook is losing the war on hate speech in MyanmarRead more
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Facebook knew about, failed to police, abusive content globally
Facebook employees have warned for years that as the company raced to become a global service it was failing to police abusive content in countries … Facebook knew about, failed to police, abusive content globallyRead more
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Facebook’s flood of languages leave it struggling to monitor content
Facebook Inc’s struggles with hate speech and other types of problematic content are being hampered by the company’s inability to keep up with a flood … Facebook’s flood of languages leave it struggling to monitor contentRead more
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Facebook kept its own oversight board in the dark on program for VIP users
Facebook failed to provide crucial details about its “Cross-Check” program that reportedly shielded millions of VIP users from the social media platform’s normal content moderation … Facebook kept its own oversight board in the dark on program for VIP usersRead more