Facebook Hopes Artificial Intelligence Can Stop Offensive Live Streams

Facebook Develops Censorship Software in Bid to Re-Enter Chinese MarketThe company has traditionally relied on users to report offensive posts, but is hoping to automate its censorship. Joaquin Candela, the company's director of applied machine learning, said during a news conference that the company has been increasingly using artificial intelligence to moderate offensive content. The algorithm that they are using, according to Candela, currently "detects nudity, violence, or any of the things that are not according to our policies." In June, Facebook began using automation to flag and remove uploaded extremist video content, but there are currently no algorithms to detect the content in live video feeds. Social media platforms have been under tremendous pressure from governments to quickly remove violent propaganda from organizations such as Daesh.