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Facebook hired fall guy for arrests in India; was ‘outfoxed’ by official on Free Basics, new book claims

March 19, 2025 8:03 am

Wynn-Williams, who was global director of public policy at Meta until eight years ago, said in her book that as part of her work, she had to frequently travel to places like India, Brazil and South Korea, and described clashes the company had with government regulators in some of these countries

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‘Borderline’ problematic content faster, slips under radar: Facebook memo

November 16, 2021 8:03 am

40% of such ignored content included nudity, hate speech and violence

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As hate content spiked, cost cuts at Facebook hit its review team

November 12, 2021 2:22 pm

To reduce expenses, three potential levers were proposed internally at the social media company — reviewing fewer user reports, reviewing fewer proactively detected pieces of content, and reviewing fewer appeals.

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Pre and post 2019 polls: Facebook memos flag anti-minority post surge

November 12, 2021 2:22 pm

A July 2020 report specifically noted there was a marked rise in such posts in the preceding 18 months, and that the sentiment was “likely to feature” in the coming Assembly elections, including West Bengal.

3 staff memos flagged ‘polarising’ content, hate speech in India but Facebook said not a problem

November 12, 2021 2:23 pm

A spokesperson for Meta Platforms Inc said: “We had hate speech classifiers in Hindi and Bengali from 2018. Classifiers for violence and incitement in Hindi and Bengali first came online in early 2021”.