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Facebook's moderation policy aids bullies and censors their victims. When will we stand up?
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 2.6.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | censorship, Facebook, threat
Summary | The author of the article complains about Facebook's moderation policy, which shows how their perspective on free speech is unfair and dangerous. For example, Facebook does not condone certain forms of hate speech, posts about self-harm, or photos of animal abuse. She talks about other problems related to the company's moderation policy.
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Facebook will protect white men but not black children, leaked documents show
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 29.6.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | censorship, Facebook
Summary | Facebook documents have been leaked and revealed that the company will protect white men but not black children. For instance, hate speech against female drivers and black children is considered okay, whereas hate speech against white men can be blocked.
Image Description | Screenshot of a censorship quiz displaying images of a female driver, black children, and white men, and chart/statistics about Facebook users.
Image Tags | chart, female(s), male(s)
Facebook will not delete videos of violent death, abortion and self-harm, leaked guidelines show
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 21.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | censorship, Facebook
Summary | Facebook doesn't want to deleter posts about violent death, abortion, and self-harm; the group doesn't want to censor anyone. Leaked documents revealed some of Facebook's rules in terms of violent content. For instance, videos of abortion are allowed but nuditiy is not. Pictures of animal abuse can also be shared.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone, charts showing FB's montly active users, laptop screen displaying Facebook's login page,
Image Tags | chart, computer/laptop, Facebook, hand(s), smartphone
Facebook must show it can follow its own rules on child safety
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 7.3.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, censorship, Facebook
Summary | Facebook is struggling to comply to its own rules which prohibit all nudity from the platform. Their artificial intelligence software designed to take down all images of nudity works unreliably. Although Facebook is one of the safest spaces online, there are still problems.
Image Description | Reuters image of a lot of Facebook logos through a magnifying glass.
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), logo
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