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Facebook said it has classified 167 million posts used this year for including information about Covid-19 that has been « debunked » by social media networks, its fact-checkers.
Executives said Thursday that warning signs about coronavirus lies have been added to posts since March for violating the social network’s misinformation policies.. . An additional 12 million user posts removed entirely from Facebook and Instagram of misinformation on Covid-19 the company believes could lead to immediate bodily harm..
The numbers were revealed on Thursday alongside Facebook’s quarterly Community Standards report, detailing how much content the company is removing due to rule violations.. Disinformation appears to be the most prevalent problem with Facebook, although the company has removed or classified millions of posts in other categories as well, including bullying, harassment, and spam..
Facebook has also revealed that hate speech is spreading on its service for the first time. The company estimates that the content of hate speech is 0. 11% of all content views on the service. Facebook is often criticized for dealing with hate speech and other offensive content, but the company said it removed or classified 22. 1 million posts about hate speech in the third quarter, and nearly 95% of those posts were discovered before users reported it..
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World News – AU – Facebook 167 million posts used for disinformation about Covid virus have been classified
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– 167 million user posts have been rated for Covid misinformation
– Facebook offers its first-ever estimate of the spread of hate speech on its platform
– Facebook launches its first ever metric of the prevalence of hate speech on its platform
– Facebook includes the spread of hate speech in its latest Community Standards enforcement report
– 1 out of every 1000 posts on Facebook is shown is hate speech
– <a href =" /? s = Facebook 180 Million posts tagged as CSSEA NDCHAR # 39; False& # 39; Since march. Misinformation about the US election is spreading anyway. 180 million posts on Facebook have been rated as & # 39; False& # 39; since March. Misinformation about the US election is spreading anyway.
– Facebook reveals first ever estimate of the spread of hate speech on its statute
– Facebook detects one in 1,000 views of content on its platform that includes hate speech
– Facebook reveals the spread of hate speech for the first time
– 10 to 11 views of hate speech for every 10,000 views of content in Q3: Facebook
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