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> A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence Is this surprising to anyone who has spent time on the platfo

> A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence Is this surprising to anyone who has spent time on the platform? Even outside of advertising, the platform is filled with violence and hate. Many pockets are equivalent to the content that can be found on 4chan, with thinly veiled racism and LTGBTQ+phobia hidden behind emojis and jargon that is clear to humans but opaque to algorithms. Reports against groups such "[Black circle] should unalive" or "[same sex couple emoji] are [slur]" where the content is 100% hate speech are routinely flagged as "It doesn't go against one of our specifit community standards". Even when they contain nothing but photos of other Facebook users and links to people's profiles with invitations to brigade and spam hate. To my eyes, that's one of the main factors of the migration away from Facebook yet it is so rarely covered.

klyrs 5y ago
> Is this surprising to anyone who has spent time on the platform? No. "Your house is still on fire" may not be news, but it's still relevant to keep talking about until the problem is solved.
- Karawebnetwork 5y ago
  Exactly, which is why I end with questioning as to why the rampant hate is not covered outside of the extreme exemples. The extreme exemples should absolutely be covered but as long as the daily occurence are not put under the spotlight the platform will remain the same. Yes, those 8 paid ads should absolutely get taken down and Facebook should be held responsible for it. But the remaining hate groups will still breed genocide, especially when the users of those groups are well aware that their actions are protected by the platform and will not be taken down. Worst of it, they are often put back online after the group managers ask for a second scan of the reports.

klyrs 5y ago

> Is this surprising to anyone who has spent time on the platform? No. "Your house is still on fire" may not be news, but it's still relevant to keep talking about until the problem is solved.

Karawebnetwork 5y ago
Exactly, which is why I end with questioning as to why the rampant hate is not covered outside of the extreme exemples. The extreme exemples should absolutely be covered but as long as the daily occurence are not put under the spotlight the platform will remain the same. Yes, those 8 paid ads should absolutely get taken down and Facebook should be held responsible for it. But the remaining hate groups will still breed genocide, especially when the users of those groups are well aware that their actions are protected by the platform and will not be taken down. Worst of it, they are often put back online after the group managers ask for a second scan of the reports.