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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

In a 3rd test, Facebook still fails to block hate speech

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya as it has in other countries, according to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove.

It is the third such test of Facebook's ability to detect hateful language — either via artificial intelligence or human moderators — that the groups have run, and that the company has failed.

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