Facebook decided to update its community standards to make the handling of satirical content more transparent after the independent oversight body asked the social network to do so.
Facebook said it will add information to community standards that will make it clear “where we view satire as part of our assessment of contextual decisions.
“This change will allow teams to take satire into account when assessing potential hate speech violations,” Facebook said in a statement on Saturday.
On March 2, the Board selected a case that was appealed on Facebook for a comment with a meme showing Turkey that ranged between “The Armenian Genocide is a Lie” and “The Armenians were terrorists, who deserved it ”had to choose.
Facebook removed this content for violating its hate speech guidelines in accordance with community standards.
“We appreciate that the Supervisory Board has selected a case in this case. Facebook acted to immediately comply with the board’s decision and that content has been restored, “the company said.
Facebook said it needs to investigate the user experience benefit that could come from informing users of multiple violations and multiple appeals that arise from a single piece of content.
“We plan to complete our assessment and report on our progress by the end of the year,” she added.
Earlier this month, Facebook announced that it would end its so-called “newsworthiness policy,” which allowed politicians to bypass several content rules. Also read: Hundreds of flights have been canceled amid a new COVID outbreak in southern China, strict curbs have been imposed
“We give our news value bonus for a small number of posts on our platform. In the future, we will start posting the rare cases where we use them. After all, when evaluating content for newsworthiness, we will treat content from politicians no differently. “From content that has been posted by others,” Facebook said.
“Instead, we will simply apply our newsworthiness balancing test to all content in the same way and measure whether the value of the public interest of the content outweighs the potential risk of harm by leaving it out.” Also read: Samsung presents offers for televisions and household appliances ! Get 20% cashback, free soundbars and more
