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Facebook, X and YouTube to Do More Against Online Hate Speech, EU Says
Meta's Facebook, Elon Musk's X, Google's YouTube and other tech companies have agreed to do more to tackle online hate speech. Compliance with the updated code could impact regulators' enforcement of the Act, EU officials said.
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Meta Now Lets Users Say Women Are "Household Objects", Trans People Have "Mental Illness"
Facebook's parent company Meta has announced a series of sweeping changes in its content moderation policies, including doing away with professional fact-checking and restrictions on controversial remarks.
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Twitter, Other Social Media Apps Fail to Remove Hate Speech, Says EU Review
Twitter took longer to review hateful content and removed less of it in 2022 compared with the previous year, according to European Union data released Thursday. The EU figures were published as part of an annual evaluation of online platforms' compliance with the 27-nation bloc's code of conduct on disinformation.
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Facebook Must Pay Compensation to Rohingyas Over Online Hate Speech Campaign, Amnesty International Says
Facebook must pay compensation to Rohinygas over hate speech that exacerbated violence against the community when they were forced from their homes in Myanmar in 2017, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday. The NGO said that Facebook, wasn't merely a passive site with insufficient content moderation, and that its algorithms “proacti...
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Facebook Fails to Detect Violent Hate Speeches in Advertisements Submitted by Non-Profit Groups
Facebook and parent company Meta again failed the test to detect violent hate speech in advertisements submitted by Global Witness and Foxglove. The group created 12 text-based ads that used dehumanizing hate speech. While Facebook’s systems approved the ads for publication, they were not actually published on the platform.
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Facebook Saw 82 Percent Rise in Hate Speech, Instagram Registers 86 Percent Jump in Violent Content
Facebook and Instagram saw a rise in hate-related content on the social media platform. While Facebook noted around 82 percent increase in hate speech, there has been a 86 percent jump in violent and inciting content on Instagram, according to a monthly report released by Meta.
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Hate Speech On Facebook Up 38%, Violent Content Up 86% On Instagram In April: Meta
There has been a rise of around 37.82 per cent in hate speech on social media platform Facebook and 86 per cent jump in violent and inciting content on Instagram in April, according to a monthly report released by Meta.
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April Sees Hate Speech Rise By 82% On Facebook: Meta's Report
There has been a rise of around 82 per cent in hate speech on social media platform Facebook and 86 per cent jump in violent and inciting content on Instagram, according to a monthly report released by Meta.
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Facebook Accounts Removed in Philippines Ahead of Elections to Curb Misinformation: Meta
Meta has removed Facebook accounts, pages, and groups in the Philippines due to concerns regarding spread of hate speech and misinformation. It also stated that advertisers would have to include 'Paid for by' disclaimers in ads related to the election.
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Facebook Critics Call for Release of India Human Rights Review
Facebook critics called on the world's largest social network to release a human rights impact assessment it commissioned in 2020 to investigate hate speech on its platforms in India.
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Facebook Took Action on 16.2 Million Content Pieces in November in India: Meta
Meta said over 16.2 million content pieces were "actioned" on Facebook across 13 violation categories proactively in India during the month of November.
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On Hate In India, Facebook's Surprise Findings
Content promoting hate surged in India on topics from elections to Covid to the 2019 protests against a new citizenship law, show Facebook's internal documents reviewed by NDTV.
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"Don't Agree We're Amplifying Hate": Facebook Safety Head To UK Lawmakers
Facebook Inc's algorithms demote rather than promote polarising content, its global head of safety told British lawmakers on Thursday, adding that the US company would welcome effective government regulation.
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Facebook to Update Its Community Standards, Clarify How It Handles Satirical Content
Facebook has now revealed that it will be soon updating its community standards to be clearer about how it handles satirical content.
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Facebook Oversight Board: Everything You Need to Know About the Platform’s ‘Supreme Court’
Facebook's Oversight Board announced an expansion of its remit so that users can appeal content left up on the site as well as content taken down. Here are some key facts about how the board works.
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Facebook, X and YouTube to Do More Against Online Hate Speech, EU Says
Meta's Facebook, Elon Musk's X, Google's YouTube and other tech companies have agreed to do more to tackle online hate speech. Compliance with the updated code could impact regulators' enforcement of the Act, EU officials said.
-
Meta Now Lets Users Say Women Are "Household Objects", Trans People Have "Mental Illness"
Facebook's parent company Meta has announced a series of sweeping changes in its content moderation policies, including doing away with professional fact-checking and restrictions on controversial remarks.
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Twitter, Other Social Media Apps Fail to Remove Hate Speech, Says EU Review
Twitter took longer to review hateful content and removed less of it in 2022 compared with the previous year, according to European Union data released Thursday. The EU figures were published as part of an annual evaluation of online platforms' compliance with the 27-nation bloc's code of conduct on disinformation.
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Facebook Must Pay Compensation to Rohingyas Over Online Hate Speech Campaign, Amnesty International Says
Facebook must pay compensation to Rohinygas over hate speech that exacerbated violence against the community when they were forced from their homes in Myanmar in 2017, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday. The NGO said that Facebook, wasn't merely a passive site with insufficient content moderation, and that its algorithms “proacti...
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Facebook Fails to Detect Violent Hate Speeches in Advertisements Submitted by Non-Profit Groups
Facebook and parent company Meta again failed the test to detect violent hate speech in advertisements submitted by Global Witness and Foxglove. The group created 12 text-based ads that used dehumanizing hate speech. While Facebook’s systems approved the ads for publication, they were not actually published on the platform.
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Facebook Saw 82 Percent Rise in Hate Speech, Instagram Registers 86 Percent Jump in Violent Content
Facebook and Instagram saw a rise in hate-related content on the social media platform. While Facebook noted around 82 percent increase in hate speech, there has been a 86 percent jump in violent and inciting content on Instagram, according to a monthly report released by Meta.
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Hate Speech On Facebook Up 38%, Violent Content Up 86% On Instagram In April: Meta
There has been a rise of around 37.82 per cent in hate speech on social media platform Facebook and 86 per cent jump in violent and inciting content on Instagram in April, according to a monthly report released by Meta.
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April Sees Hate Speech Rise By 82% On Facebook: Meta's Report
There has been a rise of around 82 per cent in hate speech on social media platform Facebook and 86 per cent jump in violent and inciting content on Instagram, according to a monthly report released by Meta.
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Facebook Accounts Removed in Philippines Ahead of Elections to Curb Misinformation: Meta
Meta has removed Facebook accounts, pages, and groups in the Philippines due to concerns regarding spread of hate speech and misinformation. It also stated that advertisers would have to include 'Paid for by' disclaimers in ads related to the election.
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Facebook Critics Call for Release of India Human Rights Review
Facebook critics called on the world's largest social network to release a human rights impact assessment it commissioned in 2020 to investigate hate speech on its platforms in India.
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Facebook Took Action on 16.2 Million Content Pieces in November in India: Meta
Meta said over 16.2 million content pieces were "actioned" on Facebook across 13 violation categories proactively in India during the month of November.
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On Hate In India, Facebook's Surprise Findings
Content promoting hate surged in India on topics from elections to Covid to the 2019 protests against a new citizenship law, show Facebook's internal documents reviewed by NDTV.
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"Don't Agree We're Amplifying Hate": Facebook Safety Head To UK Lawmakers
Facebook Inc's algorithms demote rather than promote polarising content, its global head of safety told British lawmakers on Thursday, adding that the US company would welcome effective government regulation.
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Facebook to Update Its Community Standards, Clarify How It Handles Satirical Content
Facebook has now revealed that it will be soon updating its community standards to be clearer about how it handles satirical content.
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Facebook Oversight Board: Everything You Need to Know About the Platform’s ‘Supreme Court’
Facebook's Oversight Board announced an expansion of its remit so that users can appeal content left up on the site as well as content taken down. Here are some key facts about how the board works.
