https://www.rnz.co.nz/assets/news/256046/eight_col_face.jpg?1613862531 Experts believe Facebook’s “aggressive” stance against anti-vax posts is failing to stifle misinformation. Photo: 123RF The digital giant increased the list of banned content that it uses artificial intelligence and content reviewers to remove this month – yet didn’t act on a widely-shared anti-vax post from the Destiny Church leader this week until contacted about it by RNZ. The updated blacklist now includes posts that claim vaccinations are toxic, dangerous, cause autism, don’t work against the disease they’re meant to or are less safe than contracting Covid-19. In a statement Facebook said it enforced the rules via technology and reports from members, with the help of more than 15,000 content reviewer staff based around the world. “We primarily rely on artificial intelligence to identify violating content on Facebook and Instagram, and our technology is often confident enough that a piece of content violates our standards to delete it automatically…often ...
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