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Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Facebook to bar ‘stereotypes about Jewish people controlling the world’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSAN FRANCISCO — Facebook reports progress in catching abusive content on the platform as it relies more on automated systems during the pandemic.
The leading social network releases its latest enforcement report as it announces updated policies to bar specific kinds of “implicit hate speech” such as blackface and “stereotypes about Jewish people controlling the world.”
The “proactive detection rate” rose six percent to 95 percent, with the leading social network taking action on 22.5 million pieces of content deemed hateful at Facebook and Instagram in the second quarter of this year, according to the internet giant’s latest enforcement report.
“Despite the impact of COVID-19, improvements to our technology enabled us to take action on more content in some areas,” the report states.
— AFP
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