Facebook says it removed a flood of hate speech, terrorist propaganda and fake accounts from its site
The company said that it catches more than 95 percent of nudity, fake accounts and graphic violence before users report it to Facebook. But for hate speech and a related category, bullying, the company catches 51.6 percent and 14.9 percent of incidents before they are flagged by Facebook users. Facebook has long faced complaints about lack of transparency in its decision-making around removing this post. Zuckerberg stressed to reporters he did not know that Facebook had hired the organization, called Definers Public Affairs, with which the company since has severed ties. "This type of firm might be normal in Washington," he said, "but it's not the kind of thing I want Facebook associated with."
Facebook exec says video contradicts police account of her brother's death
as well Chinedu Valentine Okobi, 36, was unarmed when he died Oct. 3 after being repeatedly Tasered by San Mateo County Sheriff's deputies in Millbrae. In the Facebook post, Ebele Okobi described the videos as "shocking." "There is no mercy or compassion for my little brother," Ebele Okobi, who lives in London, wrote. I will never forget the visual of his hands, waving above his head, open, begging," Ebele Okobi wrote in the Facebook post. The sheriff's office did not return a call and an email from CBS News requesting comment.
Facebook says it removed a flood of hate speech, terrorist propaganda and fake accounts from its site
The company said that it catches more than 95 percent of nudity, fake accounts and graphic violence before users report it to Facebook. But for hate speech and a related category, bullying, the company catches 51.6 percent and 14.9 percent of incidents before they are flagged by Facebook users. Facebook has long faced complaints about lack of transparency in its decision-making around removing this post. Zuckerberg stressed to reporters he did not know that Facebook had hired the organization, called Definers Public Affairs, with which the company since has severed ties. "This type of firm might be normal in Washington," he said, "but it's not the kind of thing I want Facebook associated with."
as declared in Chinedu Valentine Okobi, 36, was unarmed when he died Oct. 3 after being repeatedly Tasered by San Mateo County Sheriff's deputies in Millbrae. In the Facebook post, Ebele Okobi described the videos as "shocking." "There is no mercy or compassion for my little brother," Ebele Okobi, who lives in London, wrote. I will never forget the visual of his hands, waving above his head, open, begging," Ebele Okobi wrote in the Facebook post. The sheriff's office did not return a call and an email from CBS News requesting comment.
Facebook exec says video contradicts police account of her brother's death
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