Meta created a special operations center with experts fluent in Hebrew and Arabic.
Meta is expanding its enforcement of its policies against violent posts and misinformation amid the Israel-Hamas war as charged images and posts balloon on social media.Meta said it's temporarily lowered the threshold to trigger its technology that prevents "potentially violating and borderline content" from being amplified across its services.from Europe to stay vigilant on misinformation during the conflict, in light of the European Union's Digital Services Act.
In the three days after the Oct. 7 Hamas surprise terror attack on Israel, Meta said it "removed seven times as many pieces of content on a daily basis for violating our Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policy in Hebrew and Arabic alone," compared to the two months prior. Hamas is designated under that policy and banned from Meta platforms due to its designation by the U.S. government as a foreign terrorist organization. Under its dangerous organizations and individuals policy, Meta says it will remove "praise and substantive support" of the group when aware of it, but "while continuing to allow social and political discourse."
In the blog post, Meta said it's temporarily lowered the threshold to trigger its technology that prevents "potentially violating and borderline content" from being amplified across its services. Meta is also "temporarily expanding" its violence and incitement policy and will remove posts that identify hostages, even when done to raise awareness.
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