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Facebook has apologised after its content-filtering algorithms flagged the US Declaration of Independence as a hate speech.
Parts of the document was flagged as "hate speech" by Facebook bots after a Liberty, Texas-based newspaper, the Liberty County Vindicator, posted on Facebook "small bites" from the Declaration in the lead up to the country's Independence Day on July 4.
Facebook later restored the post and tendered an apology to the newspaper, Liberty County Vindicator said in a report on Tuesday.
originally posted by: NarcolepticBuddha
a reply to: infolurker
Yeah I can see why FB thinks that is offensive material that should be blocked. I bet they also consider the US Constitution too controversial, radical, and hurtful to the 'community.'
Hilarious!
“He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
originally posted by: infolurker
LOL, you would think they would have a better filter. At least they actually apologized and restored their posting unlike what they have done with some others.
Of course, they would pretty much have to or this would have been a much bigger story.
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Facebook has apologised after its content-filtering algorithms flagged the US Declaration of Independence as a hate speech.
Parts of the document was flagged as "hate speech" by Facebook bots after a Liberty, Texas-based newspaper, the Liberty County Vindicator, posted on Facebook "small bites" from the Declaration in the lead up to the country's Independence Day on July 4.
Facebook later restored the post and tendered an apology to the newspaper, Liberty County Vindicator said in a report on Tuesday.
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: infolurker
It doesn't seem like FaceBook has made any progress towards becoming unbiased/impartial, since that weird Zuckerberg was grilled by Congress, and promised "changes".
originally posted by: Wildmanimal
a reply to: infolurker
Screw FaceBook and the Communist leaning
control freaks.
Screw Suckerberger.
Cheers!
S&F
or developing AI/machine learning to detect hateful content is extremely complicated and we've only just began to scratch the surface
originally posted by: loam
a reply to: infolurker
This is funny, as long as someone from Facebook remains embarrassed by it.
It's when they're not that we have to really worry.
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
originally posted by: loam
a reply to: infolurker
This is funny, as long as someone from Facebook remains embarrassed by it.
It's when they're not that we have to really worry.
They aren't. They are only concerned about revenue loss.