Facebook Allegations of Inadequate Hate Speech Moderation: Contribution to Violence in Myanmar's Rohingya Communities
August 15, 2018
Allegations claim that Facebook failed to promptly remove dehumanizing and violent anti-Rohingya hate speech content, potentially exacerbating the violence faced by this vulnerable community in Myanmar. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to support safe and secure AI governance? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- facebook, meta
- Alleged developer
- facebook, meta
- Alleged harmed parties
- rohingya-people, rohingya-facebook-users, myanmar-public, facebook-users-in-myanmar, burmese-speaking-facebook-users
Source
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