During the third quarter of 2023, Facebook removed 9.6 million pieces of hate speech content, down from 18 million in the second quarter of 2023. Between April and June 2021, the social network removed a record number of over 31 million pieces of hate speech. Bullying and harassment content is also present on Facebook.
Actioned hate speech content items on Facebook worldwide from 4th quarter 2017 to 3rd quarter 2023
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Number of content items taken action on in millions
According to Facebook, "We define hate speech as violent or dehumanizing speech, statements of inferiority, calls for exclusion or segregation based on protected characteristics, or slurs. These characteristics include race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, caste, sex, gender, gender identity, and serious disability or disease. When the intent is clear, we may allow people to share someone else's hate speech content to raise awareness or discuss whether the speech is appropriate to use, to use slurs self-referentially in an effort to reclaim the term, or for other similar reasons."
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Meta Platforms. (November 1, 2023). Actioned hate speech content items on Facebook worldwide from 4th quarter 2017 to 3rd quarter 2023 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1013804/facebook-hate-speech-content-deletion-quarter/
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