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• @natijomartinez Natalie Martinez on x

  What's fascinating about this report is that their data points are p meaningless. Facebook's definition of hate speech is extremely narrow and their enforcement of policies are inconsistent. The issue isn't just speed it's that they don't consider a lot of hate to be hate speech.…

• @janelytv Jane Lytvynenko on x

  These numbers on now many pieces of misinformation Facebook labelled seem impressive, but they miss is the gargantuan effort from fact-checkers working in overdrive all year. It's not just the company's achievement. https://www.engadget.com/...

• @congressmanraja Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on x

  While other social media companies have implemented aggressive new polices to combat the spread of disinformation on their platforms, Facebook has failed to do the same. Today @RepKatiePorter and I wrote to @Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding a more rigorous response. https:/…

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  CTO Mike Schroepfer commends the development of FB's AI in catching 95% of hate speech before it's reported. In '17, he said it was around 25%. Remember that the co's moderators wrote a letter yesterday saying FB's AI isn't as good as ppl think it is https://twitter.com/...

• @hypervisible @hypervisible on x

  The communities targeted and Facebook moderators say something entirely different. https://www.theverge.com/...

• @kkeneally Kristina Keneally on x

  Last year @PeterDutton_MP said right-wing extremists were “on the dark web.” In reality, they are also hiding in plain sight, on platforms like Facebook, spreading hate speech & propaganda. It's a growing threat the Morrison Govt must take seriously. https://www.reuters.com/...

• @margiedemocracy Margie Fernandez on x

  Facebook says Artificial Intelligence detects 94.7% of hate speech removed from platform. Facebook needs to shut it's operation today and open at a later time. Militia groups and Hate groups congregate on Facebook to set meetings! https://www.cnbc.com/...

• @know_more_news @know_more_news on x

  what kind of bubble world do they think we live in? only 1 in a 1000 posts contain harsh criticism? that's low. https://twitter.com/...

• @guyro Guy Rosen on x

  In 2020Q3, hate speech prevalence was 0.10-0.11%. Our work aims to minimize the prevalence of hate speech, while also reducing mistakes we make when removing content. More details on our work on hate speech here: https://about.fb.com/... (6/7)

• @evelyndouek Evelyn Douek on x

  Credit where it's due: people have been calling for Facebook to release prevalence stats (the ‘but how much did you MISS?’ question) for a long time. Yes, there's still many more qs (auditing; breakdown by country/affected communities/seriousness) but this is a big step forward h…

• @foxglovelegal Foxglove on x

  Breaking: More than 200 @Facebook content moderators (and supporting employees) from across the US and Europe have published a demand for better protections - and full employment rights - during the pandemic. https://www.foxglove.org.uk/ ...

• @rachaelmyrow Rachael Myrow on x

  A group of @Facebook moderators say they're being pressured to return to work despite the second wave. Workers with a doctor's note can be excused from the office, those with high risk family members don't get the same opportunity. https://www.engadget.com/... via @karissabe http…

• @adamconover Adam Conover on x

  Facebook forced its content moderators to return to the office during the pandemic. As a result, many contracted COVID. Now they're organizing, demanding hazard pay, health care, and employee status. Amazing to see, & deserving of our support. https://www.foxglove.org.uk/ ...