Facebook's Content Moderation Algorithm Mistakes Historical Evidence for Nudity: A Call for Responsible AI
June 11, 2020
Facebook's automated content moderation mistakenly censored and banned Australian users for posting a 1890s photo of Aboriginal men in chains, which depicted historical evidence of slavery in Australia. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
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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.
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