In January this year, a Parliament Standing Committee on Information Technology (I&T) had issued summons to officials of Facebook and Twitter to question them over misuse of the social media or online news platforms. In the past, Facebook has faced several allegations of inaction against hate content in India. India is one of the biggest markets for the social network, with a user base of over 400 million for Facebook and WhatsApp each, according to third-party data.īoth the BJP and the RSS were yet to comment on the complaint. "There were a number of dehumanising posts (on) Muslims Our lack of Hindu and Bengali classifiers means much of this content is never flagged or actioned, and we have yet to put forth a nomination for designation of this group (RSS) given political sensitivities," the complaint read.Īfter throwing the kitchen sink at her former employer, Haugen has laid out an inside-out view on the simple "frictions" that would cool off Facebook's "toxic" and "divisive" algorithms that are driving teens and vulnerable populations off the cliff on the world's largest social networking platform.
The complaint by Haugen alleged that Facebook's internal records show there was a problem of "lack of Hindi and Bengali classifiers" to flag off such harmful content.Ĭlassifiers are automated systems and algorithms that are designed to detect hate speech in content on the social media platform. ICC To Replace 'Batsman' With 'Batter' From T20 WC Onwards Read More
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