Facebook and other social media companies have made some changes to dismantle misinformation and hate on their services. Last month, Twitter announced that it would remove thousands of accounts associated with the fringe conspiracy movement QAnon, saying their messages could lead to harm and violated Twitter policy. In June, Facebook took down a network of accounts tied to boogaloo, an antigovernment movement in the United States that encourages violence. But according to the attorneys general, Facebook in particular has not done enough. “Facebook has a hate speech, discrimination, disinformation problem,” Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal, of New Jersey, who led the letter, said in an interview.

Source: New York Times August 05, 2020 18:06 UTC