380° <g...@biscuolo.net> writes: > siccome l'ha detto la BBC _sicuramente_ ora lo sanno tutti quindi la mia > segnalazione dovrebbe essere inutile, comunque: > > «How Facebook restricted news in Palestinian territories» > https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c786wlxz4jgo > > by Ahmed Nour, Joe Tidy and Yara Farag, Dec. 18 2024
adesso lo dice la BBC con un pregevole (?) lavoro di inchiesta giornalistica... Esattamente un anno fa lo diceva Human Right Watch in un report di 51 pagine: «Meta: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content» https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/meta-systemic-censorship-palestine-content --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- The 51-page report, “Meta's Broken Promises: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content on Instagram and Facebook,” documents a pattern of undue removal and suppression of protected speech including peaceful expression in support of Palestine and public debate about Palestinian human rights. Human Rights Watch found that the problem stems from flawed Meta policies and their inconsistent and erroneous implementation, overreliance on automated tools to moderate content, and undue government influence over content removals. [Meta's Broken Promises] [...] Human Rights Watch reviewed 1,050 cases of online censorship from over 60 countries. Though they are not necessarily a representative analysis of censorship, the cases are consistent with years of [reporting] and advocacy by [Palestinian], [regional], and [international] human rights organizations detailing Meta's censorship of content supporting Palestinians. [...] Human Rights Watch identified six key patterns of censorship, each recurring in at least 100 instances: content removals, suspension or deletion of accounts, inability to engage with content, inability to follow or tag accounts, restrictions on the use of features such as Instagram/Facebook Live, and “shadow banning,” a term denoting a significant decrease in the visibility of an individual's posts, stories, or account without notification. In over 300 cases, users were unable to appeal content or account removal because the appeal mechanism malfunctioned, leaving them with no effective access to a remedy. In hundreds of the cases documented, Meta invoked its [“Dangerous Organizations and Individuals” (DOI) policy], which fully incorporates the United States designated lists of “terrorist organizations.” Meta has cited these lists and applied them sweepingly to restrict legitimate speech around hostilities between Israel and Palestinian armed groups. Meta also misapplied its policies on [violent and graphic content], [violence and incitement], [hate speech], and [nudity and sexual activity]. It has inconsistently applied its [“newsworthy allowance”] policy, removing dozens of pieces of content documenting Palestinian injury and death that has news value, Human Rights Watch said. Meta is aware that its enforcement of these policies is flawed. In a [2021 report], Human Rights Watch documented Facebook's censorship of the discussion of rights issues pertaining to Israel and Palestine and warned that Meta was “silencing many people arbitrarily and without explanation.” An independent investigation conducted by Business for Social Responsibility and commissioned by Meta [found] that the company's content moderation in 2021 “appear[s] to have had an adverse human rights impact on the rights of Palestinian users,” adversely affecting “the ability of Palestinians to share information and insights about their experiences as they occurred.” In 2022, in response to the investigation's [recommendations] as well as [guidance by Meta's Oversight Board], Meta made a commitment to make a series of changes to its policies and their enforcement in content moderation. Almost two years later, though, Meta has not carried out its commitments, and the company has failed to meet its human rights responsibilities, Human Rights Watch found. Meta's broken promises have replicated and amplified past patterns of abuse. [...] “Instead of tired apologies and empty promises, Meta should demonstrate that it is serious about addressing Palestine-related censorship once and for all by taking concrete steps toward transparency and remediation,” Brown said. [Meta's Broken Promises] </report/2023/12/21/metas-broken-promises/systemic-censorship-palestine-content-instagram-and> [reporting] <https://www.hrw.org/node/386981> [Palestinian] <https://7amleh.org/2018/10/29/7amleh-releases-policy-paper-facebook-and-palestinians-biased-or-neutral-content-moderation-policies> [regional] <https://advox.globalvoices.org/2021/05/12/several-ngos-denounce-censorship-of-palestinian-voices-by-tech-companies/> [international] <https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/sheikh-jarrah-facebook-and-twitter-systematically-silencing-protests-deleting-evidence/> [“Dangerous Organizations and Individuals” (DOI) policy] <https://transparency.fb.com/policies/community-standards/dangerous-individuals-organizations/> [violent and graphic content] <https://transparency.fb.com/policies/community-standards/violent-graphic-content/> [violence and incitement] <https://transparency.fb.com/policies/community-standards/violence-incitement/> [hate speech] <https://transparency.fb.com/policies/community-standards/hate-speech/> [nudity and sexual activity] <https://transparency.fb.com/policies/community-standards/adult-nudity-sexual-activity/> [“newsworthy allowance”] <https://transparency.fb.com/features/approach-to-newsworthy-content/> [2021 report] <https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/10/08/israel/palestine-facebook-censors-discussion-rights-issues> [found] <https://www.bsr.org/en/reports/meta-human-rights-israel-palestine> [recommendations] <https://www.bsr.org/en/reports/meta-human-rights-israel-palestine> [guidance by Meta's Oversight Board] <https://www.oversightboard.com/decision/FB-P93JPX02> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- «Non lo facciamo apposta, sono errori dell'algorirmo che /modera/; dopotutto siamo costretti a farlo, è per il vostro bene (non lo facciamo per sentirci dire grazie, cit.)!» [...] Saluti, 380° -- 380° (Giovanni Biscuolo public alter ego) «Noi, incompetenti come siamo, non abbiamo alcun titolo per suggerire alcunché» Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org>.
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