Facebook's leaked moderation 'rulebook' is as confused as you'd suppose

The 1,400 web page doc is in elements outdated and inaccurate.

Practically a yr after ProPublica examined Fb's moderation with a number of gadgets of hate speech and the corporate apologized after it didn't deal with lots of them correctly based mostly on its insurance policies. In Could paperwork leaked to Motherboard displaying its rapidly shifting content material insurance policies, and now one other New York Occasions report cites leaked moderation pointers displaying how it's, and in lots of circumstances just isn't, dealing with hate and propaganda messages.

Points embody failures to maintain updated data on shifting political conditions in nations like Sri Lanka and Bosnia, whereas a paperwork error allowed an extremist group in Myanmar to maintain utilizing Fb for months longer than it ought to have. There's proof Fb is misinterpreting legal guidelines limiting speech in nations like India, and the main target appears closely weighted towards defending Fb's status greater than the rest.

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