The Latest Reactive Policy Change Follows Growing Pressure From Advocacy Groups On Monday, Facebook updated its hate speech policy to ban content that “denies or distorts” information about the Holocaust. The company claimed that its latest policy...
Hackers have hijacked Facebook accounts of prominent individuals to post ISIS propaganda. Australian journalist Julia Baird became the most recent victim this week, when her Facebook profile was compromised by unknown individuals. Baird’s profile was...
Iconic consumer brands have begun pledging to temporarily or indefinitely halt advertisements on Facebook due to its consistent mishandling of extremist content, hateful rhetoric, and divisive information on its site. The boycott by more than 100...
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook executives deliberately “weakened or blocked” efforts to address and correct systematic software flaws after discovering its algorithms were facilitating the growth of extremist groups on the...
Company Continues To Pursue “Delay, Deny & Deflect” PR Strategy Instead Of Enforcing Own Community Standards Last week, Facebook announced the formation of a 20-member independent oversight body tasked with making decisions on contentious content...
A “Conveyor Belt” For Terrorists, HT Alumni Includes 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed On Sunday, the American chapter of noted Islamist extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) hosted its annual Khilafah (“Caliphate”) Conference using Facebook Live...
CEP Study Finds That Only 43.5 Percent Of Extremist And Terrorist Content Is Removed On Major Platforms The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Berlin conducted a new study between January 31 st and February 14 th to test big tech’s compliance with...
The European Union has recently been debating various content moderation laws and policies in an aim to curb the spread of online extremist content. Instead of allowing lawmakers to do their jobs, Facebook has spent significant resources lobbying...
Despite Claims, Facebook And Other Big Tech Firms Fail To Permanently Remove ISIS And Al-Qaeda Linked Financiers Facebook has made claims that it refers to international sanctions lists when working to remove terrorist content from their sites...
Company’s Latest Policy Still Inadequate For Tackling Misinformation Last week, Facebook announced a new policy change in their aim to eliminate deepfakes and the spread of manipulated media ahead of the 2020 presidential election. In their updated...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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On August 23, 2017, Boko Haram insurgents attacked several villages in northern Nigeria’s Borno State. The extremists shot at villagers and slit their throats, killing 27 people and wounding at least 6 others.
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