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  • Terrorism raging high, Facebook offers combative insight

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Facebook Inc on Thursday offered additional insight on its efforts to remove terrorism content, a response to political pressure in Europe to terrorists groups using the social network for propaganda and recruiting. Facebook has ramped up use of artificial intelligence such as image matching and language understanding to identify and remove content quickly, Monika Bickert,…

  • Social media firms have increased removal of Hate Speech, says EU

    Social media firms have increased removal of Hate Speech, says EU

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Social media companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube have stepped up both the speed and number of removals of hate speech on their platforms in response to pressure from the European Union to do more to tackle the issue, according to the results of an EU evaluation. Facebook won particular praise for reviewing most…