Facebook hikes hate speech takedowns
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Facebook reports a big jump in the number of posts removed for promoting hate speech, which the company attributes to better detection by automated sniffers developed by its AI experts
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Posts deemed hate speech deleted (millions)

Detected before users reported them (percentage)


Q4 2017 24% 1.6
        38% 2.5

Q2 2018 53% 2.5
        53% 2.9

Q4 2018 61% 3.4 
        68% 4.1 
 
Q2 2019 71% 4.4
        80% 7.0
   
Q4 2019 80% 5.7
        90%  9.6

Q1 2020: 9.6 million – six-fold increase in hateful content removals since second half of 2017
    
       
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Facebook says algorithms flagged almost 90% of hate speech removed in first quarter, but does not report how much slipped through
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Sources: Facebook, Wired, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS