How Meta is struggling to moderate Israel-Hamas war content, amid internal friction and its moderation tools' limited ability in parsing Arabic dialects
In trying to prevent Instagram and Facebook from contributing to further violence, Meta is juggling internal friction and limited tools
Meta responds to concerns about Israel-Hamas war misinformation, saying the company formed an operations center, removed 795K+ posts, and more
I wouldn't call it censorship, it's always an algorithm which controls the content you see on IG and others. But since algorithms something like the secret recipe of Coke, nobody get it if someone pu...
Meta responds to EU misinformation concerns regarding the Israel-Hamas war, saying it has created a new operations center, restricted some hashtags, and more
The company has created a new operations center with experts fluent in Hebrew and Arabic. — Meta has shared an updated content …
AI researchers say ChatGPT and rival chatbots are significantly less capable in languages other than English, exacerbating the bias against non-English speakers
AI chatbots are less fluent in languages other than English, threatening to amplify existing bias in global commerce and innovation. LinkedIn: Pascale Fung , Hans Uszkoreit , Yasmina Jraissati , and S...
Internal docs show how antivax activists flooded vaccine content on Facebook with negative comments, despite Zuckerberg's push to promote COVID-19 vaccines
Internal company documents suggest that the company plays down awareness of its flaws. Kara Swisher / New York Times : The Endless Facebook Apology Katie Canales / Insider : Apple reportedly threatene...
SensorTower data shows Clubhouse has been downloaded 1.1M times in the Middle East, where its users see it as an open forum to discuss politics and taboo issues
New York Times : Tweets: @abdu , @curdistani , @nytimes , @asadabukhalil , @shahselbe , @rickgladstone , @naderalihashemi , @freddydeknatel , @mairavz , @farnazfassihi , and @evelyndouek Tweets: @abd...
Misinformation and historical revisionism are widespread on some non-English editions of Wikipedia, such as Japanese, which is the most visited after English
During World War II, Unit 731 of the Japanese military undertook horrific medical experimentation in Manchukuo (Northeast China). Tweets: @edfrench , @yumikosatomtbc , @slate , @yumikosatomtbc , @yumi...
Social media platforms are struggling with how to handle ISIS-related fundraising campaigns, which are often slipping through by disguising as humanitarianism
John Beck / Rest of World : Tweets: @anupkaphle , @anupkaphle , @iethics , @restofworld , @restofworld , @charles_lister , @restofworld , @restofworld , @restofworld , and @restofworld Tweets: Anup K...
Social media platforms are struggling with how to handle ISIS-related fundraising campaigns, which are often slipping through by disguising as humanitarianism
John Beck / Rest of World : Tweets: @anupkaphle , @anupkaphle , @iethics , @restofworld , @restofworld , @charles_lister , @restofworld , @restofworld , @restofworld , and @restofworld Tweets: Anup K...
How a Pakistan-born developer's open letter to Tim Cook helped bring the Urdu language typeface to Apple devices
a script like “the wings of flying geese”—users resort to transliteration with Latin fonts. @AlizehKohari investigates. https://restofworld.org/... Tori Elliott / @telliotter : If you need something h...