Description: Facebook was reported by users for blocking posts of legitimate news about the coronavirus pandemic, allegedly due to a bug in an anti-spam system.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Facebook developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Facebook users posting legitimate COVID-19 news and Facebook users.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
317
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2020-03-17
Editors
Khoa Lam
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
businessinsider.com · 2020
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Facebook is blocking users from posting some legitimate news articles about the novel coronavirus in what appears to be a bug in its spam filters.
On Tuesday, multiple Facebook users reported on Twitter that they found themselves unable to …
Variants
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