A confidential whistleblower’s complaint to a US financial watchdog alleges that Facebook has exaggerated its success in removing extremist content. A confidential whistleblower’s complaint to a US financial watchdog alleges that Facebook has exaggerated its success in removing extremist content. Even worse, it shows that the company is inadvertently using propaganda by militants and hate groups to auto-generate videos and pages that could be used for networking. In that period, only 38% of posts with prominent symbols of extremist groups were removed. The confidential whistleblower’s report (Jon Elswick/AP)The social media company concedes that its systems are not perfect, but says they are improving.

Source: Irish Independent May 09, 2019 07:41 UTC