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Facebook’s Moderation Algorithm Banned Users for Historical Evidence of Slavery

Facebook’s automated content moderation was acknowledged by a company spokesperson to have erroneously censored and banned Australian users from posting an article containing a 1890s photo of Aboriginal men in chains over nudity as historical evidence of slavery in Australia.

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