Incident 393: Facebook AI-Supported Moderation for Ads Failed to Detect Violating Content
Description: Facebook's ad moderation system involving algorithms failed to flag hateful language and violating content such as calls for killings for ads in English and Swahili.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Facebook developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Facebook users speaking Swahili , Facebook users speaking English and Facebook users.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
393
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2021-12-08
Editors
Khoa Lam
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apnews.com · 2022
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Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya as it has in other countries, according to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove.
It is the third such test of Facebook’s ability to det…
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