Facebook published for the first time a series of reports on Tuesday revealing the prevalence of intimidation and the bullying on its platform, saying that for every 10,000 views on the site in the third quarter that type of content appeared between 14 and 15 times.
The company, which recently changed its name to Meta, he also said in his quarterly report of content moderation that he bullying and harassment content appeared 5-6 times per 10,000 content views on Instagram.
The giant of social networks, long under scrutiny for her handling of abuses in her services, has been in the limelight after a former employee and now whistleblower, Frances Haugen, leaked internal documents that include research and discussions on the effects of Instagram on the mental health of adolescents and on whether the platforms of Facebook they fuel divisions.
Haugen has said the documents show that the company privileged profits over user safety. Facebook rejected the description, saying the documents were being used to paint a “fake image.”
The documents, which were first reported by the Wall Street Journal, have encouraged calls for Facebook to be more transparent and have raised questions about whether metrics such as prevalence provide a complete picture of how the company handles abuse. (https://on.wsj.com/3C1D7Cr)
Facebook said its bullying and harassment numbers only captured cases where the company did not need additional information, such as a report from a user, to decide whether the content violated its rules.
The company said that of the 9.2 million pieces of content it removed from Facebook, for breaking its bullying and harassment rules, found 59.4% proactively.
“Bullying and harassment is a unique challenge and one of the most complex issues to address because context is critical,” the company’s global chief security officer said in a blog post, Antigone Davis, and Director of Product Management, Amit Bhattacharyya.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx