CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that the company wants to have such a review body by the end of next year. But Zuckerberg says creating an independent appeals body will prevent the concentration of “too-much decision-making” within Facebook. The move comes as the company is releasing its latest report on how it’s been enforcing its community standards, which ban things like hate speech and nudity. ——2:10 p.m.Facebook says it’s making progress on deleting hate speech, graphic violence and other violations of its rules and detecting problems before users see them. Compared with its May report, Facebook says it has doubled the amount of hate speech it detects proactively, before users report violations.

Source: National Post November 15, 2018 21:00 UTC