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Facebook translates 'good morning' into 'attack them', leading to arrest
2017-10-17
Facebook's automatic language translation software incorrectly translated an Arabic post saying "Good morning" into Hebrew saying "hurt them," leading to the arrest of a Palestinian man in Beitar Illit, Israel.
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Facebook’s Automated Removal of Content Featuring Nudity-Containing Artworks Denounced as Censorship
2018-05-01
Facebook’s removal of posts featuring renowned artworks by many historical artists and their promotional content due to nudity via both automated and human-moderated means were condemned by critics, such as museums and tourism boards, as cultural censorship and prevention of artwork promotion.
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Facebook’s Political Ad Detection Reportedly Showed High and Geographically Uneven Error Rates
2020-07-01
The performance of Facebook’s political ad detection was revealed by researchers to be imprecise, uneven across countries in errors, and inadequate for preventing systematic violations of political advertising policies.
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Facebook's Auto-Generated Targeting Ad Categories Contained Anti-Semitic Options
2014-03-04
Facebook's automated advertising categories generated using users' declared interests contained anti-Semitic categories such as "Jew hater" and "How to burn Jews" which were listed as fields of study.
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Meta AI's Scientific Paper Generator Reportedly Produced Inaccurate and Harmful Content
2022-11-15
Meta AI trained and hosted a scientific paper generator that sometimes produced bad science and prohibited queries on topics and groups that are likely to produce offensive or harmful content.
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Meta AI's Scientific Paper Generator Reportedly Produced Inaccurate and Harmful Content
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Facebook Allegedly Failed to Police Anti-Rohingya Hate Speech Content That Contributed to Violence in Myanmar