Incident 343: Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Failed to Proactively Remove Targeted Racist Remarks via Automated Systems

Description: Facebook's, Instagram's, and Twitter's automated content moderation failed to proactively remove racist remarks and posts directing at Black football players after finals loss, allegedly largely relying on user reports of harassment.

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Alleged: Facebook , Instagram and Twitter developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Marcus Rashford , Jadon Sancho , Bukayo Saka , Facebook users , Instagram users and Twitter Users.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
343
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2021-07-11
Editors
Khoa Lam
Racist trolls attacked England’s soccer team. Fans fought back.
vox.com · 2021

It wasn’t exactly surprising that hordes of social media trolls viciously attacked three Black players on England’s soccer team with racist comments and emojis after a historic loss on Sunday, July 11. What was unexpected was how quickly ev…

Facebook Provides New Overview of its Efforts to Combat Racist Abuse Online in the Wake of Euro 2020
socialmediatoday.com · 2021

After another major incident of racist abuse online, targeted at members of the English football team, Facebook has provided a new overview of how it's working to address such attacks, and stop people from experiencing race-based abuse acro…

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