Facebook Hate Speech

• 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
• 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
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• 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
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• 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
• 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
• 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
• Facebook ad boycott goes ahead after last-minute talks with companies break down

  Sources say Facebook executives offered no new details on how they would tackle hate speech, pointing instead to past statements that advertisers say don't go far enough.

  World

  Jul 1, 2020
• Closed Facebook groups where extremists thrive ‘would curl your innards,’ expert says

  Facebook has removed a Canadian closed group with 19,000 members which asks potential members which asks potential members if they oppose Muslim immigration.

  Politics

  Oct 29, 2019
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• A look at ‘secret’ Facebook groups — and how hateful content is monitored on them

  The use of secret Facebook groups came under fire this week, after reports that U.S. border agents shared racist and sexist messages on them.

  Tech

  Jul 5, 2019
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• Facebook fined $2.3 million under Germany’s new hate speech law

  The Federal Office for Justice said the social networking company had failed to meet transparency requirements for its handling of hate speech complaints.

  World

  Jul 2, 2019