When Facebook said it would create a court-style board to rule on site content, the social media group’s expansive influence on society was again drawn into the spotlight. Despite employing 15,000 content reviewers, Facebook has been accused of being too slow to remove illegal content, such as live footage from terrorist shootings, and of inconsistent decisions about acceptable content for its site. “Lawmakers are clearly gunning for Facebook,” says Phillip Souta, a technology specialist at law firm Clifford Chance. Read More...
When Facebook said it would create a court-style board to rule on site content, the social media group’s expansive influence on society was again drawn into the spotlight. Despite employing 15,000 content reviewers, Facebook has been accused of being too slow to remove illegal content, such as live footage from terrorist shootings, and of inconsistent decisions about acceptable content for its site. “Lawmakers are clearly gunning for Facebook,” says Phillip Souta, a technology specialist at law firm Clifford Chance.
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