META - Meta Eradicates 795000 Content Pieces Related To Israel-Hamas War Sees Sevenfold Increase In Removal Rates | Benzinga
Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is intensively moderating content across its platforms, eliminating over 795,000 content breaches of its guidelines in Hebrew and Arabic in the three days following the Hamas' attack on Israel on Oct. 7.
In the period following the violent outbreak, the company revealed that it had deleted content at a rate sevenfold compared to the preceding two months.
The removal of content followed stringent warnings from the European Union regarding the propagation of disinformation on its platforms amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, according to Bloomberg.
Scrupulously addressing a wave of disinformation since the attacks, Meta is reportedly intensifying scrutiny of content on its platform, collaborating with fact checkers proficient in Hebrew and Arabic, and instituting measures like hashtag blocking.
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