We looked at three aspects of hate speech regulation in the Asia Pacific region over 18 months.
We were therefore unable to test how effectively its in-house moderators classify hate.
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In some cases, messages that were originally removed would be re-posted on appeal.
An example of a hate speech complaint report rejected by Facebook.
Queerala Facebook site
Most page admins said the so-called flagging process rarely worked, and they found it disempowering.
For example, while it has banned someHindu extremists, it has left their pages online.
It also explicitly recognizes that what happens online can trigger offline violence.
Its worth noting in the countries we focused on, hate speech is seldom precisely legally prohibited.
It also often fails to respond appropriately to user reports of hate content.
Where hate was worst
Media reports have shown Facebook struggles to automatically identify hateposted in minority languages.
This includes death threats, targeting of Muslims, and threats of stoning or beheading.
Similarly in Myanmar LGBTIQ+ groups experienced very little hate speech.
In these countries, LGBTIQ+ rights are highly politicized.
Facebook has taken someimportant steps towards tackling hate speech.
However, were concerned COVID-19 has forced the platform to becomemore reliant on machine moderation.
Mirroringefforts in Europe, Facebook also needs to develop and publicize its trusted partners channel.
