Zuckerberg: Facebook has multi-year plan to fight hate speech

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has indicated that there is a multi-year plan to combat issues such as hate speech and election rigging. Facebook started to intervene this year, but has been criticized for doing too little.

In a statement on his own Facebook profile, Zuckerberg outlined progress this year in implementing resources to combat hate speech and other undesirable behavior. For example, systems have now been implemented to detect fake accounts that are used to manipulate elections. In addition, artificial intelligence is used to recognize hate speech and terrorist content, to prevent it from ending up on the social network.

However, Zuckerberg acknowledges that the measures taken this year are not enough to prevent such things as hate speech and election rigging, and to keep unwanted content off the network. However, he states that his company now has a multi-year plan to improve the systems that have been put into use. Details are not given, however, leaving it unclear what improvements users can expect in the coming year.

Critics are of the opinion that Facebook’s actions are not effective enough for the time being. For example, there has been criticism of the lack of cooperation in an American investigation into influencing elections, and Zuckerberg was criticized by American senators in a hearing. In addition, several countries are discussing government intervention over privacy concerns, including the leak of personal data, and the spread of fake news on Facebook.