Facebook Hate Speech
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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.CanadaApr 26, 2022
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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.CanadaOct 25, 2021
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‘We shouldn’t be surprised’: Docs show Facebook internal war amid U.S. Capitol riotAt 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.TechOct 22, 2021
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Ottawa lays out proposal for digital safety watchdogs to crack down on hate onlineOfficials 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.CanadaJul 29, 2021
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Fake news on Facebook: 18 million posts containing COVID-19 misinformation removedThe figures were released as part of Facebook’s Community Standards Enforcement Report, which covered the enforcement of the policies from January through March.CanadaMay 19, 2021
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Extremist groups tied to Qanon thriving on Facebook despite ban: reportA 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.WorldMar 23, 2021
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Facebook says it’s reducing political content for some users in Canada, other countriesFacebook 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.CanadaFeb 10, 2021
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Facebook says hate speech consists of less than 1% of its contentFacebook 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.TechNov 20, 2020
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Facebook could be ‘weaponized to suppress voting,’ audit warnsFacebook's decisions to allow controversial posts by Donald Trump established a 'terrible precedent' that could allow the platform to be 'weaponized to suppress voting.'TechJul 8, 2020
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U.S. civil rights leaders denounce Facebook over hate speech, demand policy changesFacebook 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.WorldJul 7, 2020
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