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COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER DENIS Naughten is due to meet with management figures from Facebook in New York tomorrow to discuss revelations about the social media network’s approach to harmful or illegal content.
A Dispatches documentary that aired on Channel 4 last night reported that inappropriate, racist and violent content, including assaults on children and images of self-harm, all remained on Facebook despite being reported by users and reviewed by moderators.
The programme included undercover footage recorded by a reporter at the company’s European headquarters in Dublin.
https://www.facebook.com/Channel4/videos/2547204218638776/
Naughten is currently in New York to attend the United Nations’ High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
‘Deeply concerned’
The independent minister said he was “deeply concerned” about the content of the programme and had requested an “urgent” meeting with Facebook management.
Naughten said the documentary raised “serious questions for the company in respect of the manner in which it handles reports of harmful or illegal content carried on its platform; the internal procedures it has in place to moderate harmful or illegal content on its platform; and the systems the company has in place to report instances of abuse, suspected abuse or other illegal activity to the appropriate authorities, including An Garda Síochána”.
He added that Facebook has “failed to meet the standards the public rightly expects of it”.
In a blog post, the company acknowledged that some of the programme’s content fell short of “the high standards we expect”.
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Fair play to Arsenal and especially Arteta. Everyone who follows football will know his managerial journey and will also know what an extraordinary job he has done turning Arsenal’s fortunes around. Even as a United fan I can see that and appreciate it. Also, a breath of fresh air to see a team not only break to City/Liverpool mould but to do it in such a way that even rival fans can enjoy watching them. Hats off.
@Alan Farrell: not so much a city/Liverpool mould. Liverpool have only won one premier league title since Man City were taken over by oil money. Also take in to Liverpool’s net spend is far lower than the likes of city and united.
@Danny Sherrard: Ah you know what I mean though, they’ve been the dominant teams in the PL for a few years now, not winning it loads of times doesn’t take away from how good a team Liverpool have been. Maybe I could have been clearer there. Not bothered about net spend or any of that, the transfer market has become an absolute farce since PSG paid Neymars buyout clause. €100m for Antony? No way in hell that price is being paid pre-Neymar to PSG. Also not my money so couldn’t give a hoot how much investors are willing to blow on player acquisitions.
I blame Arteta !
I blame Gary lineker
so far lucky arsenul…
@Bass Boss: the more they train together the luckier they get!
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