Facebook Hate Speech

• Facebook, Twitter defend handling of hateful content as extremists try to ‘game the system’

  Pressure is growing on governments including Canada to act to limit hateful content online after years of criticism of social media platform failures.

  Canada

  Apr 26
  
• Facebook Papers are a ‘call to arms’ over pressing need to regulate: MPs

  "It is past time for stronger platform governance and it is past time for greater accountability," said Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith about the Facebook Papers.

  Canada

  Oct 25, 2021
  
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• ‘We shouldn’t be surprised’: Docs show Facebook internal war amid U.S. Capitol riot

  At the same time as the riot, frustration inside Facebook erupted over what some saw as the company's halting and often reversed response to rising extremism in the U.S.

  Tech

  Oct 22, 2021
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• Ottawa lays out proposal for digital safety watchdogs to crack down on hate online

  Officials pointed to the violent attacks on a mosque in Quebec City in 2017 and the Christchurch mosque attacks in 2019 as examples where online hate played a role.

  Canada

  Jul 29, 2021
• Fake news on Facebook: 18 million posts containing COVID-19 misinformation removed

  The figures were released as part of Facebook’s Community Standards Enforcement Report, which covered the enforcement of the policies from January through March.

  Canada

  May 19, 2021
• Extremist groups tied to Qanon thriving on Facebook despite ban: report

  A new outside report found that Facebook has allowed groups, many tied to QAnon, to glorify violence during the weeks leading up to the deadly riots on the U.S. Capitol.

  World

  Mar 23, 2021
• Facebook says it’s reducing political content for some users in Canada, other countries

  Facebook said last month that it would stop recommending civic and political groups to users after receiving flack for not doing enough to remove hateful content from the platform.

  Canada

  Feb 10, 2021
• Facebook says hate speech consists of less than 1% of its content

  Facebook said it took action on 22.1 million pieces of hate speech content in the third quarter, about 95 per cent of which was proactively identified, compared to 22.5 million in the previous quarter.

  Tech

  Nov 20, 2020
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• Facebook could be ‘weaponized to suppress voting,’ audit warns

  Facebook's decisions to allow controversial posts by Donald Trump established a 'terrible precedent' that could allow the platform to be 'weaponized to suppress voting.'

  Tech

  Jul 8, 2020
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• U.S. civil rights leaders denounce Facebook over hate speech, demand policy changes

  Facebook keeps telling critics that it is doing everything it can to rid its service of hate, abuse and misinformation. And the company's detractors keep not buying it.

  World

  Jul 7, 2020