(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 4, 2016, the Facebook sign and logo is seen in Menlo Park, California. - Facebook on November 15, 2018, denied allegations in the New York Times that it tried to mislead the public about its knowledge of Russian misinformation ahead of the 2016 US presidential election, but severed links with a Republican consultancy. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP)
NEW YORK: Facebook said it’s making progress on detecting hate speech, graphic violence and other violations of its rules, even before users see and report them.
Facebook said that during the April-to-September period, it doubled the amount of hate speech it detected proactively, compared with the previous six months.
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