Report: Facebook changing ‘race-blind’ hate speech policy

The move comes as Facebook faces pressure from civil rights groups who have long complained the social network does too little to police hate speech. — Bloomberg

NEW YORK: Facebook is revising its hate speech algorithms to prioritise blocking slurs against Black people, Muslims and others that have historically faced discrimination, the Washington Post reported on Dec 3.

The change is set to alter the social network’s “so-called race-blind” system that has removed anti-white comments and excised innocuous comments by people of colour, the Post said.