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Why doesn't Facebook just ban AI slop like Shrimp Jesus?
Engagement bait AI images like Shrimp Jesus are all over Facebook. Why won't Mark Zuckerberg's team…
Katie Notopoulos
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You can buy an endangered monkey on Facebook in 20 minutes
Facebook is rife with exotic animal traders selling endangered species. You can buy a monkey in 20 …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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We're reading: How Facebook's AI 'Shrimp Jesus' is creating a zombie internet
Bizzarro AI images have turned parts of Facebook into a sometimes strange place, 404 Media reports.…
Katie Notopoulos
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AI is not smart enough to solve Meta's content-policing problems, whistleblowers say
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen and ex-Facebook moderator Daniel Motaung spoke at an event in…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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A former Facebook moderator in Kenya has accused Meta of human trafficking
Daniel Motaung said he applied for a moderator job in Kenya not realizing he would be working at Fa…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Facebook is facing a much more black-and-white content battle against Russian misinformation than it has with the pandemic and 2020 US presidential election, expert says
Facebook won't field as many cries of censorship during Russia's war on Ukraine as the unprovoked a…
Katie Canales
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A Facebook bug promoted posts containing nudity, violence, and misinformation over the past 6 months, new report says
According to a report viewed by The Verge, Facebook identified a "massive ranking failure" on its N…
Katie Canales
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Facebook ranks countries into tiers of importance for content moderation, with some nations getting little to no direct oversight, report says
Facebook looks very different depending on where you live, new documents reveal, as moderation reso…
Ben Gilbert
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A departing Facebook employee said 'omniscient robots owned by Mark Zuckerberg' won't save the company from its moderation problems
In a farewell note, a former employee said Facebook shouldn't solve human problems with engineering…
Katie Canales
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Facebook reportedly killed its political moderation task force in the weeks leading up to the January 6 insurrection
Political groups got so toxic that Facebook formed a task force to police them, but dissolved it we…
Ben Gilbert
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Content moderators for Meta threaten to stop work until paid in full
Facebook moderators at an Accenture site in Austin, the US are "facing a payroll disaster that h…
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A key moderation partner for Meta is shutting down its African hub, which handled some of the most harmful content on Facebook
Last year former employees for Sama in Kenya filed a lawsuit alleging human trafficking, forced lab…
Sawdah Bhaimiya
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Facebook moderators are told karaoke might help them cope with filtering graphic, violent content, a worker said. 'You don't always feel like singing after you've seen someone battered to bits.'
"You don't always feel like singing, frankly, after you've seen someone battered to bits," one Face…
Kate Duffy
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Facebook moderators, tasked with watching horrific content, are demanding an end to NDAs that promote a 'culture of fear and excessive secrecy'
Content moderators want better mental health support and an end to restrictive NDAs as they sift th…
Katie Canales
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India starts probe into Facebook’s algorithm, seeks info on moderation process
Social media giant Facebook has once again come under the scanner in India. The Indian government h…
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A 'lobbyist who has to make the president happy' is part of Facebook's content moderation, employees complain: report
Unlike at Twitter and Google, lobbyists are involved with decisions about Facebook's content, which…
Bryan Metzger
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Meta Oversight Board says some Facebook and Instagram users were treated unequally and calls for overhaul of 'cross-check' moderation programme
The cross-check programme was designed to improve moderation but has resulted in unequal treatment …
Beatrice Nolan
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Facebook made up a new popularity ranking so you will stop talking about what's actually popular on Facebook
Facebook's metrics repeatedly demonstrated that the platform had become a right-wing echo chamber. …
Ben Gilbert
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Facebook's AI moderation reportedly can't interpret many languages, leaving users in some countries more susceptible to harmful posts
Facebook has expanded into many foreign countries, but AI moderators can't always speak local langu…
Katie Canales
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Facebook says it doesn't read WhatsApp messages, but an investigation found it actually does
Facebook is reportedly paying teams of contractors around the world to read through WhatsApp messag…