Facebook Unveils New Measures to Ban 'Praise, Support, and Representation of White Nationalism' ...
Source: Mediaite
Facebook Unveils New Measures to Ban ‘Praise, Support, and Representation of White Nationalism’ On All Its Platforms
by Pardes Seleh | Mar 27th, 2019, 4:05 pm
Facebook has decided to come out hard against “praise, support and representation of white nationalism and separatism” on its platforms, announcing a ban that would span Facebook and Instagram.
In a statement released to its own platform Wednesday, the big tech company promised to utilize tools such as machine learning and artificial intelligence to weed out white supremacy from its site. Moreover, Facebook has created an algorithm that redirects searches for words related to white supremacy or white nationalism to a website that aims to combat hate.
“Searches for terms associated with white supremacy will surface a link to Life After Hate’s Page, where people can find support in the form of education, interventions, academic research and outreach,” the statement reads.
According to Facebook, the platform’s campaign against hate had initially been designed to specifically target “hateful treatment” with the intention of remaining inclusive of non-hateful white identity groups such as the American Pride and Basque movements. But after coming to the conclusion that there is no difference between the two, the big tech group has decided to ban all white identity groups.
Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/online/facebook-unveils-new-measures-to-ban-praise-support-and-representation-of-white-nationalism-on-all-its-platforms/
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