Facebook discloses first data on hate speech prevalence on its platform amid pressure

For first time ever, Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Inc on vember 19 disclosed numbers of prevalence of hate speech on its website and said that out of every 10,000 content views in third quarter, at least 10 to 11 posts included hate speech. world’s largest social media platform is currently under scrutiny from many leaders especially in United States where its role amplified in controlling misinformation amid presidential elections. However, in a report, it released estimate of hate speech in its quarterly content moderation report.

With concerns surrounding Facebook about content regulation, it said that action has been taken against 22.1 million pieces of hate speech content in third quarter and nearly 95% of which was proactively identified as compared to 22.5 million in previous quarter. In report, social network has defined “taking action” as removing content in question from site or labelling it with a warning. Or measures include disabling accounts or transferring m to external ncies. 

company also said, “We’ve invested billions of dollars in people and techlogy to enforce se rules, and we have more than 35,000 people working on safety and security at Facebook...But we believe decisions about free expression and safety shouldn’t be made by Facebook alone, so we continue to consult third-party experts in shaping our policies and enforcement tactics.”

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Facebook, Twitter CEOs oppose changes of US govt

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on vember 18 agreed to introduce an amendment to controversial Section 230 of Communications Decency Act of 1996, y, however, rejected any changes on platform that will allow US government to moderate content after y grilled by US Senators for handling of US Election 2020.

From Republican Senator accusing platforms of using “power to run amok” to Democrats questioning if Twitter’s measures of flagging US President Donald Trump’s posts ‘disputed’ had gone far eugh, chief executives of social media websites were prompted to defend its policies.

According to an NPR report, tech CEOs upset senators when y vehemently refused to make imminent changes to regulatory model of ir business. Communications Decency Act (CDA) prohibits provider or user of an interactive computer service to be treated as publisher or speaker of any information provided by ar information content provider. 

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