Facebook says it removed a flood of hate speech, terrorist propaganda and fake accounts from its site

according to 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 says Monday's outage was the result of a 'routine test'

The outage knocked out Facebook's main website for some users and made using Facebook Messenger difficult. In a statement provided to USA TODAY, a Facebook spokesperson said the outage was the result of a "routine test." "Earlier today, a routine test caused users to have trouble accessing or posting to all Facebook services including WhatsApp and Instagram. The company did not elaborate when asked if the test was planned or if the outage was the result of an issue with the test. #Facebookpic.twitter.com/hlVN1aJf4Q — Eric Schwartzberg (@eschwartzberg) November 12, 2018Actual video of me today at work with Facebook down!

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