Son of murdered academic calls on Facebook owner to ‘radically change how it moderates dangerous content’

Meta faces a $2.4bn (£1.8bn) lawsuit accusing the Facebook owner of inflaming violence in Ethiopia after the Kenyan high court said a legal case against the US tech group could go ahead.

The case brought by two Ethiopian nationals calls on Facebook to alter its algorithm to stop promoting hateful material and incitement to violence, as well as hiring more content moderators in Africa. It is also seeking a $2.4bn “restitution fund” for victims of hate and violence incited on Facebook.

  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I hope this pressure leads to just getting rid of algorithms altogether.

    And other things spoken by someone who never learned what an algorithm is.

    • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      It’s pretty obvious from context that they’re talking about content personalization algorithms. They ain’t talking about binary search