Meta Platforms, which owns the social networks Facebook and Instagram, has temporarily blocked the hashtags #Bucha and #Bucha Massacre, which are related to reports about the murder of civilians in Kyiv region. Meta spokesman Andy Stone explained that this happened due to automated systems that scan violent images,
KYIV. UkraineGate , 5 April , 2022 | Technology
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“This happened automatically because of the difficult content that people published with these hashtags. When we were told about the problem yesterday, we quickly unlocked the hashtags, ”said Stone.
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Facebook and Instagram allow the publication of hard-to-perceive and violent content if it is disseminated in order to raise awareness of possible human rights violations. However, the company removes such content if it is extremely outspoken or exalts suffering.
Meta also adds warning labels to some sensitive posts that users must click before they can see the image.
Earlier, human rights groups criticized the company’s approach to removing violent content during conflicts. They said that the practice of clearing data from servers in 90 days leads to the removal of important evidence of war crimes.
Therefore, according to Stone, Meta is exploring ways to preserve this type and other types of content when it is removed. In particular, this applies to the content of the war in Ukraine, he added.
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Irpin, Bucha, Gostomel and the entire Kyiv region have been released, the Defense Ministry said.
After the occupiers left, on April 2, an adviser to the President’s Office reported that people had been shot dead with their hands tied in the streets of Bucha.
Source: Ukrgate
