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Meta The company is expanding its enforcement of policies against violent posts and misinformation amid the Israeli-Hamas war as the number of incriminating images and posts on social media proliferates.
Meta and other social media platforms such as X, formerly known as Twitter, are under pressure from Europe to remain vigilant against misinformation during the conflict, in light of the European Union’s Digital Services Act. . The DSA requires social media platforms to monitor and remove illegal content in Europe.
A Meta spokesperson said the company responded to the following questions: letter Thierry Breton, Commissioner for the European Internal Market, commented on illegal content on the platform during the dispute, but did not elaborate.
Mr Mehta explained the actions taken since the conflict began. blog post Published on Friday. A special operations center has been established with experts fluent in Hebrew and Arabic. We’ve also already removed or marked more than 795,000 disturbing Hebrew or Arabic posts that violate our policies against violent and graphic content, hate speech, harassment, or harm coordination.
In the three days following Hamas’s surprise terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, Meta said it removed seven times more content each day in Hebrew and Arabic alone for violating its Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policy. Stated. 2 months ago.
Hamas is designated under that policy and is banned from the Metaplatform due to its designation as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. government. Under its Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policy, Meta says it will remove “admiration and substantial support” for groups it recognizes, but “will continue to allow social and political discussion.”
Meta said in a blog post that it has temporarily lowered the threshold for triggering technology that prevents “potentially violating or borderline content” from being amplified across its services. Meta is also “temporarily expanding” its violence and incitement policies and will remove posts that identify hostages, even if they are meant to raise awareness.
The company said certain Instagram hashtags that are consistently used in posts that violate its policies will no longer be searchable. People who have previously violated that policy will have restrictions on their use of Facebook and Instagram Live.
