The Lekki Massacre: Examining Facebook's Labeling of Content Related to the October 20 Incident - A Case for Responsible AI

This article discusses the controversial decision by Facebook to label content related to the Lekki Massacre in Nigeria as 'false'. The incident highlights the need for trustworthy, safe, and secure AI. In this case, it raises questions about AI governance and the role of social media platforms in preventing harm. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Are you ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/82

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Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide

We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.