Facebook has a notoriously hard time moderating content around sensitive religious and political issues, and the ongoing war in the Middle East has brought the issue into sharper focus than ever.
No matter what the company does, it's bound to enrage a huge amount of people.
Both groups have said that Facebook shouldn't conflate Zionism - a political ideology - with Judaism - an ethnic and religious identity.
They also pointed out that Facebook simply has no way to judge the intent or meaning behind users' word choices.
Facebook has come to rely heavily on artificial intelligence to detect and remove offensive content.
Cases like this show just how important it is to have real, knowledgeable people reviewing posts to judge their proper context.
Implementing blanket censorship for terms like this is not helpful, and may only enflame an already precarious situation.
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This Cyber News was published on facecrooks.com. Publication date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 22:13:04 +0000