“#SocialMedia has turned so many into public relations professionals who pursue likeability instead of #truth. That’s why people speak along pre-vetted party lines and silence their edgy ideas. First to others, later to themselves. When anything you say online can be instantly accessed with a Google search, the costs of independent thinking aren’t worth the benefits to most people.”
#Meta / Coalition Criticizes Meta's Lack of Transparency and Accountability in Content Moderation Amid Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
A coalition of Palestinian and global digital rights groups has expressed concerns over Meta's response regarding its content moderation practices during the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The coalition claims that Meta's response failed to provide sufficient transparency and concrete steps to identify and mitigate the negative human rights impacts of its policies and actions. Particular concerns were raised about the potential for over-moderation of Palestinian and Arabic content due to temporary safety measures, such as lowered automated moderation thresholds and algorithmic bias against Arabic language content.
Furthermore, the coalition accused Meta of failing to outline specific actions to prevent the spread of incitement to #genocide, especially from Israeli government officials and politicians, despite international orders and the recent provisional measures issued by the #ICJ.
While welcoming Meta's efforts to allow accountability mechanisms to request extended content retention, the coalition criticized the exclusion of civil society organizations and the lack of transparency on retention timeframes, which could hinder investigations and accountability processes.
The coalition’s response concludes:
[…] Meta must demonstrate a genuine commitment to upholding human rights and protecting all voices on its platforms in these precarious times.
Cybercrime in Social Media: Theory and Solutions by Pradeep Kumar Roy; Asis Kumar Tripathy, 2023
Features:
• Detailed discussion on social-
cyber issues, including hate speech, cyberbullying,
• Discusses usefulness of social platforms
• Includes framework to address the social issues with their
implementations
• Covers fake news and rumor detection models
• Describes analysis of social posts with advanced learning techniques
12-year-old Rimas from Gaza sells homemade "ka'ak" to afford her heart disease medication amid the hard conditions resulting from the Israeli occupation's horrific war on Gaza.
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