In a third test, Facebook still fails to block hate speech

According to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove, Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya as it has in other countries. It is the third such test of Facebook’s ability to detect hateful language – either via artificial intelligence or human moderators – that the groups have run, and that the company has failed. — AP

Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya as it has in other countries, according to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove.

It is the third such test of Facebook’s ability to detect hateful language – either via artificial intelligence or human moderators – that the groups have run, and that the company has failed.