The videos on Facebook and Instagram show sections of the raw Christchurch attack footage, and variations continue to thwart Facebook’s moderators and technology.Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43jdbj/christchurch-attack-videos-still-on-facebook-instagram…
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Machine Learning Identifies Weapons in the Christchurch Attack Video. We Know, We Tried It
It took 29 minutes for a Facebook user to first report the livestream of the Christchurch terrorist. Now a machine learning system spots weapons in the stream with an over 90 percent confidence rating. Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwnzz4/machine-learning-artificial-intelligence-christchurch-attack-video-facebook-amazon-rekognition…
Gun Sellers Are Advertising on Instagram and Directing Customers to Encrypted Chat Apps
This piece is part of an ongoing Motherboard series on Facebook’s content moderation strategies. You can read the rest of the coverage here. Users on Instagram are advertising guns for sale despite the social network banning trade of weapons between individuals since 2016, according to a review of Instagram accounts. Some Instagram accounts make clear… Continue reading Gun Sellers Are Advertising on Instagram and Directing Customers to Encrypted Chat Apps
Twitter and YouTube Won’t Commit to Ban White Nationalism After Facebook Makes Policy Switch
Last week, Facebook banned white nationalism and white separatism from its platform. This came after a Motherboard investigation based on leaked documents found that Facebook did not allow white supremacist content on the world’s biggest social network but did permit the other ideologies. Facebook changed this stance after a civil rights backlash, and the switch… Continue reading Twitter and YouTube Won’t Commit to Ban White Nationalism After Facebook Makes Policy Switch