The incidents have prompted questions about how Facebook's reporting system works and how violent content can be flagged faster. Zeiler says Clarifai's algorithms can also recognize objects in a video that could be precursors to violence -- a knife or gun, for instance. A fast-moving scene with lots of gore should be easy enough to spot, says Junle Wang, head of R&D at France-based PicPurify. Psychological torture, too, is hard to spot, says his colleague, CEO Yann Mareschal. Facebook says it is using similar techniques to spot nudity, violence or other topics that don't comply with its policies.

Source: Egypt Independent April 28, 2017 05:26 UTC