Facebook says 99% of IS, Al Qaeda content spotted by AI


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 29 Nov 2017

(FILES) This file photo taken on November 20, 2017 shows logos of US online social media and social networking service Facebook in Nantes, France. Facebook on November 27, 2017 said stepping up the use of artificial intelligence to identify members of the leading social network who may be thinking of suicide. Software will look for clues in posts or even in videos being streamed at Facebook Live, then fire off reports to human reviewers and speed up alerts to responders trained to help, according to the social network. / AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE

Facebook’s artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly adept at keeping terrorist content off the social network, the company has said. 

Today, 99% of Islamic State and Al Qaeda-related content Facebook removes is detected by the company’s AI before any user flags it, Monika Bickert, Facebook’s head of global policy management, and Brian Fishman, head of counter-terrorism policy, said Wednesday. They said in some cases the software was able to block the content from ever being posted in the first place. 

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