It has faced pressu­re both in the US and Europe to tackle such conten­t more effect­ivelyFacebook said on Wednesday that it was removing 99 per cent of content related to militant groups Islamic State and al Qaeda before being told of it, as it prepared for a meeting with European authorities on tackling militant content online. The world’s largest social media network, with 2.1 billion users, has faced pressure both in the United States and Europe to tackle militant content on its platform more effectively. Facebook won’t let people delete their posts anymoreIn June, Facebook said it had ramped up use of artificial intelligence, such as image matching and language understanding, to identify and remove content quickly. The European Commission in September told social media firms to find ways to remove the content faster, including through automatic detection technologies, or face possible legislation forcing them to do so. Facebook has always flagged and eventually blocked any hate content but now this guide is to safeguard the rights of the Muslim community.

Source: The Express Tribune November 29, 2017 05:37 UTC