Hate speech jumped by 38% on FB, violent content rises 86% on Insta in April

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• Jun 2, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

The report showed that Instagram acted on 77,000 violence and incitement-related posts in April compared to 41,300 in March.

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Desk: According to a monthly report released by Meta, there was a 37.82 percent
increase in hate speech on Facebook and an 86 percent increase in violent and
inflaming content on Instagram in April.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">As per
the report issued on May 31, 53,200 hate speech was detected on Facebook in
April, which is 37.82 percent higher than 38,600 seen in March, on which the
platform took action.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">The
report showed that Instagram acted on 77,000 violence and incitement-related
posts in April compared to 41,300 in March.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">"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, "the report
stated."