Incident 282: Facebook’s Algorithm Mistook an Advertisement of Onions as Sexual Suggestive Content
Description: Facebook’s content moderation algorithm misidentified and removed a Canadian business’s advertisement containing a photo of onions as products of overtly sexual content, which was later reinstated after review.
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View all entitiesAlleged: Facebook developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed The Seed Company by E.W. Gaze and businesses on Facebook.
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Incident ID
282
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2020-10-03
Editors
Khoa Lam
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nationalpost.com · 2020
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Canada’s most sexually provocative onions were pulled down from Facebook after the social media giant told a produce company that its images went against advertising guidelines, the CBC reported.
Now, Facebook has admitted the ad was picked…