NewstalkZB (New Zealand): Facebook using real firearms footage to develop auto-blocking AI

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"Facebook has been using real-life first-person shooter video footage to develop artificial intelligence that can more effectively auto-block the type of video that was livestreamed on March 15. Facebook has been widely criticised over the way it failed to stop the spread of the March 15 footage, which was uploaded 1.5 million times over 24 hours." CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler discusses Facebook's reactive plans to tackle right wing extremism on its platform.

Date
September 18, 2019
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Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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