Incident 362: Facebook's Automated Moderation Flagged Gardening Group's Language Use by Mistake
Description: Facebook's automated system flagged gardening groups' use of "hoe" and violent language against bugs as a violation by mistake.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Facebook developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed WNY Gardeners , gardening Facebook groups and Facebook users in gardening groups.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
362
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2021-07-20
Editors
Khoa Lam
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
apnews.com · 2021
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Moderating a Facebook gardening group in western New York is not without challenges. There are complaints of wooly bugs, inclement weather and the novice members who insist on using dish detergent on their plants.
And then there’s the word …
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