Automated Adult Content Detection Tools Showed Bias against Women Bodies

February 25, 2006

Incident involving AI-powered content moderation tools displaying bias towards women's bodies, leading to suppression of reach despite adherence to platform policies.

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MEASURE 2.10 — similarity 0.680, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.673, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 2.9 — similarity 0.670, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: meta, linkedin, instagram, facebook
Alleged developer: microsoft, google, amazon
Alleged harmed parties: linkedin-users, instagram-users, facebook-users

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