Facebook has blamed a technical issue for a drop in the amount of child abuse images and videos it s blocked on the site over the last six months.
According to its Community Standards Enforcement Report, the company had a problem with its media-matching technology, which identifies illegal uploads.
From January to March 2021, Facebook removed five million pieces of child abuse content – down from 5.4 million from October to December 2020.
But both these quarters marked a massive slump in removals from the quarter prior – 12.4 million between July and September 2020.
Between July and September 2020, Facebook removed 12.4 million pieces of child abuse content, but this figure slumped to 5.4 million for October to December 2020, and further to 5 million in January to March 2021
Received 40,300 requests for user data from Indian government: Facebook report
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Received 40,300 requests for user data from Indian government: Facebook report
PTI / Updated: May 20, 2021, 16:17 IST
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NEW DELHI: Social media giant Facebook said it has received 40,300 requests from the Indian government for user data in the second half of 2020.
This was 13.3 per cent higher from the January-June 2020 period when India had made 35,560 total requests, according to the Facebook s latest Transparency Report.
The US-based company restricted access to 878 items in India during the second half of 2020 in response to directions from the IT Ministry for violating Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, including content against security of the state and public order.
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