SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Facebook believes its policing system is better at scrubbing graphic violence, gratuitous nudity and terrorist propaganda from its social network than it is at removing racist, sexist and other hateful remarks.
Tuesdays self-assessment Face-books first breakdown of how much material it removes came three weeks after Face-book tried to give a clearer explanation of the kinds of posts that it wont tolerate. The statistics cover a relatively short period, from October 2017 through March of this year, and dont disclose how long, on average, it takes Facebook to remove material violating its standards.
The increased transparency comes as the Menlo Park, California, company tries to make amends for a privacy scandal triggered by loose policies that allowed a data-mining company with ties to President Donald Trumps 2016 campaign to harvest personal information on as many as 87 million users. The content screening has nothing to do with privacy protection, though, and is aimed at maintaining a family-friendly atmosphere for users and advertisers.
