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Facebook labels Black men as "[[Primates]]".  In its auto generated topic recommendation feature beneath videos about Black men, Facebook will ask, "Keep seeing videos about Primates?"  When social media users complain, Facebook is quick to blame the hidden [[institutional racism]] within the multinational corporate monopoly on [[AI]]. However, no disciplinary action is ever taken against Facebook developers or management who purchase outside racist AI facial recognition technology.<ref> https://mashable.com/article/facebook-ai-primates-label</ref>  Civil rights advocates have criticized the racist facial recognition industry for its problems with accuracy, particularly when it comes to people who are not white.  Due to this inaccuracy, many people of colour have been arrested wrongly as it is being used for investigations by the [[police]].<ref>https://news.abplive.com/news/world/facebook-takes-down-topic-recommendation-feature-after-black-men-labelled-as-primates-1480235</ref>  In an article for ''Mashable'', technology writer Jennimai Nguyen reported "While AI can always make mistakes, it is the company's responsibility to properly train its [[algorithm]]s, and this misstep cannot be blamed on a lack of resources.  In addition to mishandling past racial justice issues within the company, Facebook's lack of transparent plan to address its AI problem continues to sow distrust."<ref>https://mashable.com/article/facebook-ai-primates-label</ref>  The latest racist attack sparked international condemnation and outrage.<ref>https://blackhotfirenetwork.com/2021/09/04/facebook-ai-slaps-primates-label-on-daily-mail-video-of-black-men/</ref>

Facebook labels Black men as "[[Primates]]".  In its auto generated topic recommendation feature beneath videos about Black men, Facebook will ask, "Keep seeing videos about Primates?"  When social media users complain, Facebook is quick to blame the hidden [[institutional racism]] within the multinational corporate monopoly on [[AI]]. However, no disciplinary action is ever taken against Facebook developers or management who purchase outside racist AI facial recognition technology.<ref> https://mashable.com/article/facebook-ai-primates-label</ref>  Civil rights advocates have criticized the racist facial recognition industry for its problems with accuracy, particularly when it comes to people who are not white.  Due to this inaccuracy, many people of colour have been arrested wrongly as it is being used for investigations by the [[police]].<ref>https://news.abplive.com/news/world/facebook-takes-down-topic-recommendation-feature-after-black-men-labelled-as-primates-1480235</ref>  In an article for ''Mashable'', technology writer Jennimai Nguyen reported "While AI can always make mistakes, it is the company's responsibility to properly train its [[algorithm]]s, and this misstep cannot be blamed on a lack of resources.  In addition to mishandling past racial justice issues within the company, Facebook's lack of transparent plan to address its AI problem continues to sow distrust."<ref>https://mashable.com/article/facebook-ai-primates-label</ref>  The latest racist attack sparked international condemnation and outrage.<ref>https://blackhotfirenetwork.com/2021/09/04/facebook-ai-slaps-primates-label-on-daily-mail-video-of-black-men/</ref>

Facebook is taking money from the [[CCP]] to promote “propaganda” playing down the plight of Uyghur Muslims.  The CCP's treatment of Uyghur people in the western province of [[Xinjiang]] has been widely condemned in the West, with the US government figures and others accusing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of “genocide”.  Facebook has not only allowed state-run outlets like ''China Daily'' and CGTN to publish posts that dismiss these concerns as Western “disinformation” – it has accepted advertising payments to help promote this content to millions of people.

Facebook is taking money from the [[CCP]] to promote “propaganda” playing down the plight of Uyghur Muslims.  The CCP's treatment of Uyghur people in the western province of [[Xinjiang]] has been widely condemned in the West, with the US government and others accusing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of genocide.  Facebook has not only allowed state-run outlets like ''China Daily'' and CGTN to publish posts that dismiss these concerns as Western “disinformation” – it has accepted advertising payments to help promote this content to millions of people.

Presented with the findings of ''Press Gazette''’s investigation, Imran Ahmed – chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate – said it was “beyond disgusting that Facebook is taking money to promote Chinese state propaganda denying the reality that their state is engaged in crimes against humanity against [[Uyghur]] Muslims”.<ref>https://pressgazette.co.uk/facebook-china-misinformation/</ref>

Presented with the findings of ''Press Gazette''’s investigation, Imran Ahmed – chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate – said it was “beyond disgusting that Facebook is taking money to promote Chinese state propaganda denying the reality that their state is engaged in crimes against humanity against [[Uyghur]] Muslims”.<ref>https://pressgazette.co.uk/facebook-china-misinformation/</ref>