Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
Incident 1412 Reports
California Police Turned on Music to Allegedly Trigger Instagram’s DCMA to Avoid Being Live-Streamed
2021-02-05
A police officer in Beverly Hills played copyrighted music on his phone when realizing that his interactions were being recorded on a livestream, allegedly hoping the Instagram's automated copyright detection system to end or mute the stream.
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Bug in Instagram’s “Related Hashtags” Algorithm Allegedly Caused Disproportionate Treatment of Political Hashtags
2020-08-05
A bug was reported by Instagram’s spokesperson to have prevented an algorithm from populating related hashtags for thousands of hashtags, resulting in an allege preferential treatment for some politically partisan hashtags.
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Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Failed to Proactively Remove Targeted Racist Remarks via Automated Systems
2021-07-11
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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Social Media's Automated Word-Flagging without Context Shifted Content Creators' Language Use
2017-03-15
TikTok's, YouTube's, Instagram's, and Twitch's use of algorithms to flag certain words devoid of context changed content creators' use of everyday language or discussion about certain topics in fear of their content getting flagged or auto-demonetized by mistake.
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Incident 4693 Reports
Automated Adult Content Detection Tools Showed Bias against Women Bodies
2006-02-25
Automated content moderation tools to detect sexual explicitness or "raciness" reportedly exhibited bias against women bodies, resulting in suppression of reach despite not breaking platform policies.
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Alleged Misuse of PicSo AI for Generating Inappropriate Content Emphasizing "Girls"
2023-10-24
PicSo AI, which appears to be getting advertised by Meta over Instagram, is allegedly being used for generating inappropriate content with an emphasis on "girls." This raises concerns about the misuse of generative AI technologies for creating offensive and potentially sexually explicit material that could be used for nefarious and criminal purposes.
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Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Failed to Proactively Remove Targeted Racist Remarks via Automated Systems
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Facebook’s Advertisement Moderation System Routinely Misidentified Adaptive Fashion Products as Medical Equipment and Blocked Their Sellers