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Facebook flags Declaration of Independence as hate speech
Posted on 7/5/18 at 2:43 pm
Posted on 7/5/18 at 2:43 pm
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In the week of America’s Independence Day, the algorithms of Facebook decided that the Declaration of Independence was hate speech.
The Liberty County Vindicator, a community newspaper between Houston and Beaumont, had been posting the whole declaration in small daily chunks for nine days on its Facebook page in the run-up to July 4. But the 10th excerpt was not posted Monday as scheduled, and the paper said it received an automated notice saying the post “goes against our standards on hate speech.”
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The offending passage? It was part of the document’s “Bill of Particulars” against Britain’s King George III: “He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.”
This post was edited on 7/5/18 at 2:45 pm
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 2:43 pm to High C
Posted on 7/5/18 at 2:43 pm to High C
Boy are they gonna get it.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 2:44 pm to High C
well....41 of the signers did own slaves
Posted on 7/5/18 at 2:45 pm to DustyDinkleman
They also owned the British
Posted on 7/5/18 at 2:45 pm to High C
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Within a day, Facebook had paid heed, allowing the posting and sending the Vindicator an apology.
“It looks like we made a mistake and removed something you posted on Facebook that didn’t go against our Community Standards. We want to apologize and let you know that we’ve restored your content and removed any blocks on your account related to this incorrect action,” Facebook wrote back, the Vindicator reported.
they fixed the mistake within the day
why the frick is this news?
Posted on 7/5/18 at 2:46 pm to Salmon
Because I can’t even right now.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 2:47 pm to High C
To be fair, "merciless Indian savages." is hate speech in 2018. How is facebook supposed to know that something was originally written in 1776?
They corrected the error, not sure what the story is here
They corrected the error, not sure what the story is here
Posted on 7/5/18 at 2:47 pm to DustyDinkleman
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well....41 of the signers did own slaves
Products of the times they lived in. History cannot be viewed through today's cultural lens. I don't know why people can't understand this.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 2:48 pm to High C
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History cannot be viewed through today's cultural lens. I don't know why people can't understand this.
People can. Algorithms can't.
It's why FB fixed the issue once it was made known.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 2:50 pm to High C
at people who think there’s a division of people at Facebook just going through every post to see what’s appropriate. These are algorithms and they aren’t always perfect. A mistake was made and a person fixed it and apologized.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 2:52 pm to TH03
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at people who think there’s a division of people at Facebook just going through every post to see what’s appropriate
Zuckerberg is literally reviewing every post on FB
Posted on 7/5/18 at 2:59 pm to Salmon
Cuckerberg*
Posted on 7/5/18 at 3:00 pm to High C
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merciless Indian Savages
OT hate speech algorithm test
ETA: passed
This post was edited on 7/5/18 at 3:02 pm
Posted on 7/5/18 at 3:15 pm to Salmon
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People can. Algorithms can't.
That was a reply to the person commenting on signers owning slaves. I even quoted it, but thanks for using it to further a point that I never disagreed with.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 3:36 pm to Salmon
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History cannot be viewed through today's cultural lens. I don't know why people can't understand this.
People can
liberals sure cant. "Where my reparations!"
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