Tag: CyberWell

Cyberwell Commends Meta Oversight Board Decision Overturning Meta’s Decision To Keep Emoji-Based Hate Online

Stuart Mitchell

CyberWell, a nonprofit and trusted partner of Meta (Facebook, Instagram and Threads), TikTok and YouTube working to combat online antisemitism, commends the recent decision by the Meta Oversight Board (OSB) overturning Meta’s original determinations in two cases involving the use of monkey emojis 🐒 to target Black individuals with racist abuse. In its February decision, the OSB found that the content violated Meta’s Hateful Conduct policy and called on the company to strengthen both automated and human moderation systems to address “algospeak,” including emoji-based hate. The Board further recommended auditing…

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Social Media Watchdog CyberWell Technology Detects Over 150,000 English & Arabic Posts in 2023 as Highly Likely Antisemitism

Stuart Mitchell

CyberWell, an innovative tech nonprofit focused on monitoring and combatting the spread of antisemitism on social media, has released its annual report of antisemitic trends on social media for 2023. The group’s AI, which monitors for posts highly likely to fit within the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, flagged more than 150,000 posts made in English and Arabic. The group also observed an increase in moderation efforts by Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube, as the average removal rate rose from nearly 24 percent in 2022…

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