If you can’t Recognize Hate Speech, the sunlight can’t penetrate

Our CEO Andre Oboler writes about a major new report into Hate Speech on Facebook, which was recently published by OHPI. The report focuses on Antisemitism on Facebook, but it does so as an example of a wider problem with Hate Speech on the social media platform. The major finding, supported by rigorous documentation, is that Facebook does not really understand antisemitism. Given that antisemitism is the most well researched form of hate speech, this has implications for Facebook’s understanding of Hate Speech more widely.