Sandberg admits Facebook needs to get better at removing hate speech
Facebook has been under pressure in recent weeks to find and remove posts that include hate speech
07 July 2020 - 16:40
San Francisco — Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said the company needs to get better at removing hateful speech — a response to hundreds of companies that have stopped advertising on the social network for what they consider a failure to purge harmful content.
“Being a platform where everyone can make their voice heard is core to our mission, but that doesn’t mean it’s acceptable for people to spread hate. It’s not,” Sandberg wrote on Tuesday in a post, adding that Facebook “has to get better at finding and removing hateful content”...
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