Facebook said on Wednesday that it was making steady progress in curbing profane language and violent content on large-scale social networks as it released its quarterly update on implementing its standards.
The leading social media firm said improvements in artificial intelligence have helped it filter out more hateful and violent content as well as bullying, inappropriate sexual content and fake accounts.
Facebook said that the “prevalence” of abusive language was between 0.05 and 0.06 percent in the first quarter of 2021, almost half of the mid-2020s.
Facebook’s vice president for integrity Guy Rosen told reporters that it was appropriate to use this metric of dissemination because “it doesn’t hold up what we’ve taken down, but what we’ve missed … indecent on Facebook Language is decreasing. ”
The update comes with Facebook under pressure from governments and activist groups to incite hateful and abusive content, as well as misinformation and violence.
The latest update showed that violent and graphic content was reduced by less than 0.04 percent on Facebook and 0.02 percent on Instagram, and the company also reduced the spread of other inappropriate content, including nudity and sexual content.
The report noted that Facebook removed 8.8 million pieces of “hate speech language”, “bullying and harassing content” and 9.8 million pieces of “organized hate content” in the quarter.
Facebook said it was attempting to enforce policies barring harmful misinformation and removed more than 18 million infringing content from its platforms and Instagram globally since the start of the epidemic.
The company said that refinement of its automated technology has allowed Facebook to make progress in identifying inappropriate content, not only in text, but also in images and videos or even memes that blend these elements.
“Today we actively detect about 97 percent of abusive language content that we remove,” Rosen said.
Facebook’s vice president for integrity Guy Rosen told reporters that it was appropriate to use this metric of dissemination because “it doesn’t hold up what we’ve taken down, but what we’ve missed … indecent on Facebook Language is decreasing. ”
The update comes with Facebook under pressure from governments and activist groups to incite hateful and abusive content, as well as misinformation and violence.
The latest update showed that violent and graphic content was reduced by less than 0.04 percent on Facebook and 0.02 percent on Instagram, and the company also reduced the spread of other inappropriate content, including nudity and sexual content.
Facebook’s vice president for integrity Guy Rosen told reporters that it was appropriate to use this metric of dissemination because “it doesn’t hold up what we’ve taken down, but what we’ve missed … indecent on Facebook Language is decreasing. ”
The update comes with Facebook under pressure from governments and activist groups to incite hateful and abusive content, as well as misinformation and violence.
The latest update showed that violent and graphic content was reduced by less than 0.04 percent on Facebook and 0.02 percent on Instagram, and the company also reduced the spread of other inappropriate content, including nudity and sexual content.
Facebook said it was attempting to enforce policies regarding harmful misinformation and removed more than 18 million infringing content from its platform and Instagram globally since the start of the epidemic.