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Meta Confirms Technical Error Suspended Thousands of Facebook Groups
- Meta confirmed a technical error last week caused the wrongful suspension of thousands of Facebook Groups worldwide.
- The issue arose amid conjecture that AI moderation systems malfunctioned, though Meta has not disclosed the exact cause.
- Affected groups, including large communities with hundreds of thousands to millions of members, received unjustified infractions related to terrorism or nudity.
- Meta spokesperson Andy Stone stated, "We're fixing things now," while a petition demanding accountability has gathered almost 22,000 signatures.
- The suspensions triggered significant backlash, legal actions, and calls for improved support, suggesting persistent challenges in Meta's content enforcement systems.
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FitFam’s Instagram got canceled Monday. It’s back two days later
El Paso’s most popular Instagram account, which had been deleted by the social media platform Monday, was restored Wednesday. The account, @therealfitfamelpaso, was taken down by Instagram on Monday for allegedly violating its community standards. Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook and other social media brands, didn’t provide a detailed explanation to the account owners and hasn’t responded to requests for comment from El Paso Matt…
Several Facebook groups, with perfectly harmless content, were reached by a vacuum of bathrooms whose origin remains, until now, unknown. Facebook has undergone a troubled period. The platform accumulates worrying incidents: bubbles...
It is not yet known why the banhammer is hitting, but many are blaming AI-based moderation for what happened.
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