Mark Zuckerberg’s responsibility is not just to create popular services, but also to ensure they are beneficial for individuals and society as a whole. This post delves into the revelations made by two whistleblowers and a newspaper investigation about what was happening within Meta (formerly Facebook) during the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar. The disclosed information sheds light on Meta’s content moderation performance, its deceptive PR tactics, and the infiltration of covert influence campaigns on the platform. One significant disclosure is Meta’s low removal rates for hate speech, with estimates ranging from 3-5%. These numbers highlight the limitations of Meta’s AI classifiers and the company’s misleading claims about proactive content removal.
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