{"id":1758360,"date":"2022-12-01T12:32:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T17:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1758360"},"modified":"2022-12-01T12:32:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T17:32:59","slug":"facebook-reportedly-failed-to-block-ads-of-death-threats-to-election-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-reportedly-failed-to-block-ads-of-death-threats-to-election-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Reportedly Failed To Block Ads Of Death Threats To Election Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffacebook-reportedly-failed-to-block-ads-of-death-threats-to-election-workers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1758360&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A new investigation found that Facebook failed to block 15 out of 20 ads that contained death threats to election workers in a test by researchers.<\/p>\n<p>The probe by Global Witness and New York University\u2019s Cybersecurity for Democracy team discovered that three-fourths of the ads submitted on the day of or the day before the November 8 midterm elections were approved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tested the ability of Meta\u2019s Facebook, Google\u2019s YouTube, and TikTok to enforce their own policies on harmful content,\u201d Global Witness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalwitness.org\/en\/campaigns\/digital-threats\/were-going-to-kill-you-all-facebook-fails-to-detect-death-threats-against-election-workers-in-the-us-while-youtube-and-tiktok-succeed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did this by identifying 10 of the worst examples of death threats issued against election workers in the US and then submitting them to the three platforms in the form of advertisements and recording whether the platforms accepted them for publication or not,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The tests included 10 English-language death threats and 10 similar ads in Spanish. Nine of the English threats and six of the Spanish ads were approved. The research account was not shut down on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Global Witness reportedly contacted Facebook\u2019s parent company, Meta, for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a small sample of ads that are not representative of what people see on our platforms,\u201d a Meta spokesperson told the group. \u201cContent that incites violence against election workers or anyone else has no place on our apps and recent reporting has made clear that Meta\u2019s ability to deal with these issues effectively exceeds that of other platforms. We remain committed to continuing to improve our systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Global Witness, both TikTok and YouTube suspended the research accounts for policy violations.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that despite more resources reportedly designed to detect threatening content, Facebook failed most real-life tests against blocking the ads.<\/p>\n<p>The report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-world-needs-fact-checking-tech-giants-giving-13-million-to-fund-global-fact-checking-initiatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comes<\/a> as Google and YouTube announced a $13 million grant to fund global fact-checking projects on Tuesday. The social media platforms (both owned by parent company Alphabet) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/fact-checking\/2022\/google-and-youtube-partner-with-poynters-international-fact-checking-network-on-13-2-million-grant-for-the-global-fact-checking-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0they would provide financial support to the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), an arm of the Poynter Institute, to support \u201cfact-checking initiatives\u201d through 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world needs fact-checking more than ever before. This partnership with Google and YouTube infuses financial support to global fact-checkers and is a step in the right direction,\u201d said Baybars \u00d6rsek, the IFCN\u2019s executive director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new investigation found that Facebook failed to block 15 out of 20 ads that contained death threats to election workers in a test by researchers. 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