Facebook to Label Newsworthy Posts but Ban That Will Spread Hate

According to the latest news by Facebook Inc., it has been cleared that news updates that will ever tempt to spread hate through the platform will have to face backlash from the social media platform. According to the recent information update by the Chief Executive- Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook will add labels or tags to the posts that are newsworthy but infringe on the platform’s rules. The move came into effect after according to other social media news by Twitter, that it has added tags on President Donald Trump’s posts. Additionally, the Facebook spokeswoman confirmed the new policy and the change that it has incurred. 

As stated by the latest news, Facebook has also faced the grills by the employees and the lawmakers on the objectionable posts by the President. On the same, the latest information also parched when the leading social media giant faced growing boycott from advertisers. According to the latest news, by Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever and a self-help group came up to Facebook asking for help. They suggested taking down the post that can spread discrimination, violence, and hatred.  

As claimed in one of the technology news,  the official claim from Mark Zukerberg stated that “the new policy on hateful content in ads will ban claims regarding people and humanity from a specific race, ethics, nationality, religious beliefs, castes, originality, gender identity that can further poses threat to humankind during the period of international crises.” 

Further according to the latest news, the post also adds, “We are also initiating our policies to support the general human welfare for immigrants, migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees. From the ads, it is suggested that they are inferior and expressing contempt, dismissal, or disgust directed at them. 

Additionally, as the news related to Facebook labels newsworthiness. Zukerberg also came to rescue to sentiment and the need for the move to curb down racism and discrimination over the platform that has witnessed perks during the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police of Minneapolis. 

According to the latest news from the official source of social media news, “We invest billions of dollars to keep our platform safe and secured from any shot-coming. So, we work with various experts to review and update our policies.” The spokesperson also added, “The investments we have made in AI means it has helped us to get hate speeches and posts by 90%.” 

According to the latest news in Hindi, it is learned that Mark Zuckerberg has previously insisted that putting a warning or label on posts would be inappropriate. He further adds that it might lead them to optimize the content that they don’t like to get shared through their platform. 

As a crucial quote as stated over in the news update, Zuckerberg claims, “We’ll be still allowing people to share such type of content. But, as a restriction from the platform, we’ll be labeling the ads and posts that have the potential to violate our policies and can hurt other user’s sentiments and society at large.” 

As stated among other latest news in the technology field. It was clearly stated that a coalition that includes the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has been pushing companies to stop ads over social media giants like Facebook. And thereby, start using #StopHateForProfit hashtags. 

The latest news also stated that about 90 advertising agencies including Japanese carmaker Honda Motor Corp US Subsidized. Unilever handled Ben & Jerry’s, Verizon Communication, North Face, and a unit of VF Corp has joined the campaign according to the list by ad activism. 

Even so, after the release was made public. Coca-Cola Co. has said that from July 1 onwards it will pause the paid ads on social media platforms for not less than a month.