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Top AI Models Are Less Critical Of Repressive Regimes: Meta Report
A study showed AI services were echoing the rules of countries that restrict speech and that bias could creep into services used by an increasing number of users.
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Meta Pulled Up By Oversight Board For Weak AI Deepfake Labels On Iran War
Meta Oversight Board has criticised the social media giant's AI deepfake detection, particularly in light of the ongoing war in the Middle East.
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Meta’s Oversight Board Rebukes Company Over Policy Overhaul
Meta Platforms’ Oversight Board on Wednesday sharply rebuked the Facebook and Instagram owner over a policy overhaul in January that cut fact-checking. The board, which operates independently but is funded by Meta, urged the world's biggest social media company to assess “potential adverse effects” of the changes, put in place just before US ...
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Independent Oversight Board Warns Against Online Abuses, Deepfakes During Global Polls
Oversight Board warned that inaccurate enforcement by social media platforms and unequal investment in global election integrity efforts have increased the risks of poll-related violence, and problematic suppression of critical political speech.
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End Ban On Arabic Word "Shaheed": Meta Oversight Board Urges Company
Meta's oversight board called on the company to end its blanket ban on the Arabic word "shaheed," or "martyr" in English after a year-long review.
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Meta Board To Review How It Handled Violent, Hateful Content On Israel-Hamas War
Meta's independent Oversight Board said on Thursday it will review how the company has handled violent content on its social media platforms in two cases involving hostage-taking and bombing in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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Facebook Asked to Evaluate Political Violence Promotion on Platform by Parent Meta’s Oversight Board
Meta's Oversight Board has asked Facebook to evaluate efforts to prevent the promotion of political violence on its platform after it allowed a video calling for violence post the 2022 Brazilian election to stay online.
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Meta Oversight Board to Review More Cases, Expedite Decision-Making Process
Meta Platforms' Oversight Board announced on Tuesday that it will review more types of content moderation cases and expedite some decisions, as it aims to expand its work. The Oversight Board was created in late 2020 to review Facebook and Instagram's decisions on taking down or leaving up certain content and make rulings on whether to uphold or ov...
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Meta Oversight Board Says Company Needs to Change Adult Nudity Policy to Be More Inclusive
Meta's oversight board on Tuesday said the company needed to change its policy on adult nudity to make it more inclusive, while overturning the removal of two Instagram posts that depicted transgender and non-binary people with bare chests. The cases referred by the board included two posts in 2021 and 2022 made under an Instagram account, which is...
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Meta's Oversight Body Allows Post Calling For Death Of Iran's Supreme Leader
Meta's Oversight Board on Monday overturned the company's decision to remove a Facebook post that used the slogan "death to Khamenei" to criticize the Iranian leader, saying it did not violate a rule barring violent threats.
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Facebook Parent Meta's Oversight Board Increased Policy Implementation in Q3 2022
Facebook parent Meta Platforms implemented more recommendations from its oversight board in the third quarter than the second, the independent body said on Wednesday. The oversight board received more than a quarter of a million appeals from Facebook and Instagram users around the world during the quarter ended September 30.
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Facebook Accused of Anti-Palestinian Bias by Digital Rights Activist
Palestinian activists contended Facebook and other social media platforms have censored criticism of Israel in response to government pressure and launched a campaign seeking to halt the activity.
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Facebook's Oversight Board Says Company Not 'Fully Forthcoming' on How It Deals With High-Profile Users
Facebook's independent oversight board demanded more transparency from the social media giant, saying the company was not "fully forthcoming" on how it deals with certain high-profile user accounts.
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Facebook Oversight Board Seeks Clarity on XCheck Review System for High-Profile Users
Facebook's independent Oversight Board said it has asked the social networking giant to provide clarity on the system it uses to review content decisions relating to some high-profile users.
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Facebook Considers Forming an Election Commission to Advise on Issues Around Global Polls: Report
Facebook has approached academics and policy experts about forming a commission to advise it on issues relating to global elections, the New York Times reported, citing five people with knowledge of the matter.
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Top AI Models Are Less Critical Of Repressive Regimes: Meta Report
A study showed AI services were echoing the rules of countries that restrict speech and that bias could creep into services used by an increasing number of users.
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Meta Pulled Up By Oversight Board For Weak AI Deepfake Labels On Iran War
Meta Oversight Board has criticised the social media giant's AI deepfake detection, particularly in light of the ongoing war in the Middle East.
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Meta’s Oversight Board Rebukes Company Over Policy Overhaul
Meta Platforms’ Oversight Board on Wednesday sharply rebuked the Facebook and Instagram owner over a policy overhaul in January that cut fact-checking. The board, which operates independently but is funded by Meta, urged the world's biggest social media company to assess “potential adverse effects” of the changes, put in place just before US ...
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Independent Oversight Board Warns Against Online Abuses, Deepfakes During Global Polls
Oversight Board warned that inaccurate enforcement by social media platforms and unequal investment in global election integrity efforts have increased the risks of poll-related violence, and problematic suppression of critical political speech.
-
End Ban On Arabic Word "Shaheed": Meta Oversight Board Urges Company
Meta's oversight board called on the company to end its blanket ban on the Arabic word "shaheed," or "martyr" in English after a year-long review.
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Meta Board To Review How It Handled Violent, Hateful Content On Israel-Hamas War
Meta's independent Oversight Board said on Thursday it will review how the company has handled violent content on its social media platforms in two cases involving hostage-taking and bombing in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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Facebook Asked to Evaluate Political Violence Promotion on Platform by Parent Meta’s Oversight Board
Meta's Oversight Board has asked Facebook to evaluate efforts to prevent the promotion of political violence on its platform after it allowed a video calling for violence post the 2022 Brazilian election to stay online.
-
Meta Oversight Board to Review More Cases, Expedite Decision-Making Process
Meta Platforms' Oversight Board announced on Tuesday that it will review more types of content moderation cases and expedite some decisions, as it aims to expand its work. The Oversight Board was created in late 2020 to review Facebook and Instagram's decisions on taking down or leaving up certain content and make rulings on whether to uphold or ov...
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Meta Oversight Board Says Company Needs to Change Adult Nudity Policy to Be More Inclusive
Meta's oversight board on Tuesday said the company needed to change its policy on adult nudity to make it more inclusive, while overturning the removal of two Instagram posts that depicted transgender and non-binary people with bare chests. The cases referred by the board included two posts in 2021 and 2022 made under an Instagram account, which is...
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Meta's Oversight Body Allows Post Calling For Death Of Iran's Supreme Leader
Meta's Oversight Board on Monday overturned the company's decision to remove a Facebook post that used the slogan "death to Khamenei" to criticize the Iranian leader, saying it did not violate a rule barring violent threats.
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Facebook Parent Meta's Oversight Board Increased Policy Implementation in Q3 2022
Facebook parent Meta Platforms implemented more recommendations from its oversight board in the third quarter than the second, the independent body said on Wednesday. The oversight board received more than a quarter of a million appeals from Facebook and Instagram users around the world during the quarter ended September 30.
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Facebook Accused of Anti-Palestinian Bias by Digital Rights Activist
Palestinian activists contended Facebook and other social media platforms have censored criticism of Israel in response to government pressure and launched a campaign seeking to halt the activity.
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Facebook's Oversight Board Says Company Not 'Fully Forthcoming' on How It Deals With High-Profile Users
Facebook's independent oversight board demanded more transparency from the social media giant, saying the company was not "fully forthcoming" on how it deals with certain high-profile user accounts.
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Facebook Oversight Board Seeks Clarity on XCheck Review System for High-Profile Users
Facebook's independent Oversight Board said it has asked the social networking giant to provide clarity on the system it uses to review content decisions relating to some high-profile users.
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Facebook Considers Forming an Election Commission to Advise on Issues Around Global Polls: Report
Facebook has approached academics and policy experts about forming a commission to advise it on issues relating to global elections, the New York Times reported, citing five people with knowledge of the matter.
