One media monitoring body described the pages as “dedicated to propagating racist and misogynistic smears”…reports Asian Lite News
Facebook has taken down a string of racist and misogynistic posts, memes and comments about US Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris.BBC reports
The social network removed the content after BBC News alerted it to three groups that regularly hosted hateful material on their pages.
Facebook says it takes down 90% of hate speech before it is flagged.
One media monitoring body described the pages as “dedicated to propagating racist and misogynistic smears”.
Meantime, Facebook on Thursday extended the ban on political ads for another month in the US as President Donald Trump refuses to concede his defeat and is using claims of election fraud to dispute the Joe Biden win.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. (File Photo: IANS)
The move is to prevent the further spread of misinformation on its platform.
“The temporary pause for ads about politics and social issues in the US continues to be in place as part of our ongoing efforts to protect the election. Advertisers can expect this to last another month, though there may be an opportunity to resume these ads sooner,” the company said in an update
Getting the US election results this year may take longer than in previous elections due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and more people voting by mail.
“We’ve introduced a range of policies and products to help protect the integrity of the election and reduce opportunities for confusion or abuse,” the company added.