Facebook's Automated Moderation Flagged Gardening Group's Language Use by Mistake

July 20, 2021

Facebook's automated moderation system incorrectly flagged gardening groups' use of 'hoe' and violent language against bugs as a potential violation, highlighting the need for safe and secure AI practices. By integrating Project Cerebellum's AI governance principles, we can help prevent such incidents through guardrails for trustworthy AI. For those interested in shaping the future of responsible AI governance, JOIN US.

This incident underscores the importance of HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM's Measure function as we work towards ensuring safe and effective AI.

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GOVERN 1.1 — similarity 0.705, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.703, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
GOVERN 4.1 — similarity 0.694, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: facebook
Alleged developer: facebook
Alleged harmed parties: wny-gardeners, gardening-facebook-groups, facebook-users-in-gardening-groups

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/362

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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