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An Iraqi historian was slain after being labeled a spy on Facebook. Exclusive emails show catastrophic delays in removing threatening posts. (www.businessinsider.com)

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A new report by one of Meta's largest global partners shows life-endangering oversights at scale in the company's content-moderation strategy.

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[–] exohuman@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

One post from April 2020, which wrongly claimed al-Hashimi was an al-Qaida leader, was never taken down. Al-Saadi flagged it, but Meta replied that the post did not violate the company's policies.

Facebook’s content moderation is insane. I have seen minor angry language land people in “Facebook jail”, but claiming someone is an Al-qaida leader isn’t a violation of policy?

Honestly, I recommend anyone who is part of a vulnerable population to not post on that platform. I don’t and do not miss it.