Friday, 24 March, 2023

New docs say Facebook knew about abusive content, failed to police it

<p>According to Reuters, who interviewed five former employees and looked at internal documents, Facebook knew about the abusive content on its platform. However, the company failed to police its content in countries abroad, where it could cause harm. Internal documents show that Facebook failed to hire enough employees with language skills and local knowledge to identify objectionable events. The AI deployed is also not very successful at the task.</p>