Facebook said due to its investments in artificial intelligence, the company has been able to remove more hate speech and find more of it proactively before users report it
The prevalence of hate speech on Facebook in July-Sept period this year was 0.10% to 0.11%, meaning that out of every 10,000 views of content on Facebook, 10 to 11 of them included hate speech
Facebook also said it took action on 22.1 million pieces of hate speech content in the third quarter, about 95% of which was proactively identified
Facebook, which has 1.82 billion daily users globally, has drawn flak in the past for its handling of hate speech on the platform in India
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The Delhi Assembly's Peace and Harmony Committee is probing the social media giant's alleged failure to track down hate speech
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UN Secretary-General Anotonio Guterres has called for an end to "loathsome" hate speech online and off-line
Facebook has argued that the Delhi Assembly can't summon a non-member to appear before it, since 'police and 'public order' do not fall within its ambit
Facebook executives had earlier skipped the hearing of Delhi Assembly's 'Peace and Harmony' committee
Mohan rejected charges of Facebook India's decisions being influenced by political leanings of individuals
Ajit Mohan, who joined Facebook in January 2019, spearheads the India charter for the US-based social media giant
Experts said that primarily, the skipping of the summons issued by the Delhi Assembly's panel on part of Facebook is to avoid getting into further political and legal hassles
Mohan said the company is investing a lot on artificial intelligence and automated systems to make sure that it is able to detect content that violates these community standards, even before the users
Last month, Facebook had said its social media platform prohibits hate speech and content that incites violence and these policies are enforced globally without regard to political affiliation
Congress party, in the letter, wants to know about steps Zuckerberg's company is planning to take to investigate these matters
Last week, senior BJP leader and Union Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had said that it was for Facebook to decide what to do as far as the new report in the Wall Street Journal is concerned
A Delhi Assembly committee will initiate on Tuesday proceedings in connection with complaints about the Facebook's alleged "deliberate and intentional inaction to contain hateful content" in India