According to a monthly report released by Meta, there has been a rise of around 37.82 percent in hate speech on social media platform Facebook and 86 percent jump in violent and inciting content on Instagram in April.
Facebook detected 53,200 hate speech in April, which is 37.82 percent higher compared to 38,600 detected in March. On the other hand, Instagram acted on 77,000 violence and incitement-related content in April compared to 41,300 in March.
The majority of the content in the report is based on detection by social media platforms before users reported to them.
The report said, “We measure the number of pieces of content (such as posts, photos, videos or comments) we take action on for going against our standards. This metric shows the scale of our enforcement activity. Taking action could include removing a piece of content from Facebook or Instagram or covering photos or videos that may be disturbing to some audiences with a warning.”
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