Facebook: Machine Learning Has Helped Reduce Terrorist Content
November 08 2018 - 3:02PM
Dow Jones News
By Josh Beckerman
Facebook Inc. (FB) said it has made progress in removing
terrorist content using machine learning and other techniques, even
as the perpetrators have adapted to earlier enforcement moves.
The company said Thursday that prioritization powered by machine
learning has helped reduce the amount of time terrorist content
reported by users stays on the platform from 43 hours in the first
quarter of 2018 to 18 hours in the third quarter.
Median time on the platform for content surfaced via tools
focused on newly uploaded content was less than two minutes in the
third quarter, the company said.
Facebook said it has expanded "hashing" efforts to audio and
text and has made some of its techniques to other tech companies
participating in the Global Internet Forum to Counter
Terrorism.
Write to Josh Beckerman at josh.beckerman@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 08, 2018 14:47 ET (19:47 GMT)
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