Pressured in Europe, Facebook details removal of terrorism content


  • TECH
  • Friday, 16 Jun 2017

Facebook has ramped up use of artificial intelligence such as image matching and language understanding to identify and remove content quickly.

Facebook Inc on Thursday offered additional insight on its efforts to remove terrorism content, a response to political pressure in Europe to militant groups using the social network for propaganda and recruiting. 

Facebook has ramped up use of artificial intelligence such as image matching and language understanding to identify and remove content quickly, Monika Bickert, Facebook's director of global policy management, and Brian Fishman, counter-terrorism policy manager, explained in a blog post.

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