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Rosen said in the second quarter, the prevalence of hate speech was 0.05%, or 5 views per 10,000 views. This is down from
Rosen explained that the reduction was due to “continued improvement in our proactive detection”. “Our investments in
Rosen added that steady, continuous AI improvements and advancements, such as the Reinforcement Integrity Optimizer (RIO), enable Facebook’s AI models to spot hate speech using real-world data and improve over time.
During the reported quarter, the company removed more than 20 million pieces of content from Facebook and Instagram globally for violating its policies on Covid-19-related misinformation. It removed over 3,000 accounts, pages, and groups for repeatedly violating its rules against spreading Covid-19 and vaccine misinformation.
“We displayed warnings on more than 190 million pieces of the world,” the company said.
When a piece of content is rated with one of these ratings, a prominent label is added that warns people before they share it, and it is also shown lower in people’s feed.
Besides, the Us-based company took action on 2.3 million content pieces on Facebook, and 458,000 pieces on Instagram for child nudity and physical abuse content. Under Child sexual exploitation content, it took action on 25.7 million pieces on Facebook and 1.4 million pieces on Instagram. During the June 2021 quarter, Facebook took action on 6.2 million pieces of organised hate content (compared to 9.8 million pieces in