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Meta has system for evaluating the effectiveness of its own moderation for
Arabic language content but not Hebrew
Meta is struggling with moderating content related to the Israel-Palestine war,
particularly in Hebrew, despite recent changes to internal policies, new
documents have revealed.
Internal policy guidelines shared with the Guardian by a former Meta employee
who worked on content moderation outline a multilayered process for moderating
content related to the conflict. But the documents indicate Meta, which owns the
platforms Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, does not have the same processes in
place to gauge the accuracy of moderation of Hebrew content and Arabic content.
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Meta says it would remove content ‘attacking “Zionists” when it is not
explicitly about the political movement’
Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would start taking down more posts that target
“Zionists” when the term is used to refer to Jewish people and Israelis rather
than representing supporters of the political movement.
The Facebook and Instagram parent said in a blog post it would remove content
“attacking ‘Zionists’ when it is not explicitly about the political movement”
and uses antisemitic stereotypes or threatens harm through intimidation or
violence directed against Jews or Israelis.
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