Internal Facebook metric that assesses “violence and incitement trends” based on hashtags and search terms in posts increased by 45% since October 31
As votes are being tallied across the country to determine the next US president, internal Facebook data shows that the company … Tweets: @oliviasolon , @animaanandkumar , @brooklynmarie , @justinhendrix , @slpng_giants , @justinhendrix , @sruhle , @craigsilverman , @rmac18 , @j_houg , and @iwriteok Tweets: Olivia Solon / @oliviasolon : This would make for a great needle at the top of everyone's news feed https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Prof. Anima Anandkumar / @animaanandkumar : We need to regulate @Facebook like we regulate press, like we regulate tobacco. Self policing has failed miserably. @Facebook should not be allowed to wreak further damage on our democracy @ylecun @an_open_mind https://twitter.com/... Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie : I guess @Facebook should have fucking listened to me in 2017, huh? https://twitter.com/... @justinhendrix : Facebook, which is a tool to plan and incite violence, is tracking an increase in violence and incitement trends. https://twitter.com/... @slpng_giants : Okay, can we unpack the fact that @facebook has internal data on *violence and incitement* and they're not trying to get it to zero??? https://twitter.com/... @justinhendrix : This what I'm talking about. It's like having a measure of cyanide in the water supply and only applying a filter when you know it might be immediately lethal. https://twitter.com/... Stephanie Ruhle / @sruhle : So - Facebook has an internal metric for “violence & incitement trends”- SO WHAT ACTIONS ARE THEY TAKING TO RESTRICT USE ON THEIR PLATFORM? https://twitter.com/... Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman : Scoop w/@RMac18: Facebook has a secret internal metric called “violence and incitement trends.” It analyzes hashtags & search terms to measure the risk of unrest. Today, a FB employee raised the alarm that since Oct. 31 it's increased by 45%. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... @rmac18 : Zuckerberg was later asked at the meeting how he could make Facebook “filled with more love.” After some discussion about polarization, he said the answer was to allow people to join more groups. This was said without any hint of irony. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... @j_houg : At the point that you are making a dashboard to track “violence and incitement trends,” you should probably take a BIG step back and think about what you are doing. https://twitter.com/... Robert Evans / @iwriteok : facebook knows what it is doing https://twitter.com/...