Description: Facebook's AI moderation system mistakenly flagged and removed legitimate news articles from independent local publishers as spam. This affected publishers worldwide, disrupting content distribution and impacting traffic. Despite attempts to appeal, many publishers received no response.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Meta and Facebook developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed The Record-Argus , wlkp24.info , Top Fight , Noticias Maia , City Magazine , Birkenhead News , Bishop’s Stortford Independent and UK Defence Journal.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
789
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-06-12
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
pressgazette.co.uk · 2024
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Update, 12 June 2024:
International publishers from the US and Europe have all had Facebook posts unexpectedly flagged as spam and removed, Press Gazette has learned.
The issues newly shared with Press Gazette match those experienced by UK …
Variants
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