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Facebook "Hate Speech" Bug

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Serious bug accidentally causes Facebook's "Hate Speech" button to become public  causing outrage among users

A serious bug in Facebook's Internal Testing system that is asking users if a post is "Hate Speech" or not has gone public for quite sometime causing outrage among several users. Due to this accidental bug an yellow icon with an exclamation mark is showing below every posts along with the message "Does this post contain hate speech?" According to a Facebook spokeperson there was internal testing going on to understand different types of Speech including those which Facebook do not consider as hate speech. But a serious bug causes this internal testing to go public for a short period and it was disabled thereafter. Following the recent measures by Facebook in securing and protecting its platform from spreading violent extremism, religious hatred and terrorism by different terrorist and extremist organizations, many users thought that the "Hate Speech" button is a new feature of Facebook and some also feel offended by the thought that Facebook is censoring their content and they are gradually loosing their freedom of speech. Though the bug lasted for a short time yet it has created wrong impression among people.


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