Facebook will spend less time policing “Men are trash” content, more time taking down “Worst of the Worst”

Facebook will spend less time policing “Men are trash” content, more time taking down “Worst of the Worst”

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“Men Are Trash” quadrant. Facebook is changing the way its algorithms handle hate speech. It will spend more time policing actually vile content about underrepresented groups, and less time on comments “against whites, men, and Americans,” The Washington Post’s Elizabeth Dwoskin, Nitasha Tiku, and Heather Kelly reported Thursday. It’s an acknowledgment that “race-blind” content moderation...

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