Misinformation in the Face of Tragedy: The #LekkiMassacre on Facebook
October 21, 2020
Facebook incorrectly labels content related to the October 20 #EndSARS protestor-army incident at Lekki Toll Gate as misinformation. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). JOIN US to help us ensure safe and secure AI for harm prevention and responsible AI governance.
- Alleged deployer
- Alleged developer
- Alleged harmed parties
- facebook-users, facebook-users-interested-in-the-lekki-massacre-incident
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/82
Data source
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.