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Racist Remarks on Social Media Platforms: A Lack of Proactive Content Moderation

July 11, 2021

AI-powered content moderation systems on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter fell short in proactively removing racist remarks directed at Black football players following a loss. The platforms are alleged to have relied heavily on user reports, raising concerns about safe and secure AI. This incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
Alleged deployer
facebook, instagram, twitter
Alleged developer
facebook, instagram, twitter
Alleged harmed parties
marcus-rashford, jadon-sancho, bukayo-saka, facebook-users, instagram-users, twitter-users

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/343

Data source

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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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