Facebook rules allow altered video casting Biden as paedophile, says board

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theguardian.com

Meta’s oversight board has found that a Facebook video wrongfully suggesting that the US president, Joe Biden, is a paedophile does not violate the company’s current rules while deeming those rules “incoherent” and too narrowly focused on AI-generated content.

The board, which is funded by Meta – Facebook’s parent company – but run independently, took on the Biden video case in October in response to a user complaint about an altered seven-second video of the president. Mark Zuckerberg at a Senate judiciary committee hearing at the US Capitol in Washington DC

It ruled that Meta was right to leave the video up under its current policy, which bars misleadingly altered videos only if they were produced by artificial intelligence or if they make people appear to say words they never actually said.

But the ruling is the first to critique Meta’s policy on “manipulated media” amid rising concerns about the potential use of new AI technologies to sway elections this year.

It said the policy “is lacking in persuasive justification, is incoherent and confusing to users, and fails to clearly specify the harms it is seeking to prevent”. It suggested Meta update it to cover both audio and video content and to apply labels identifying it as manipulated regardless of whether AI was used.

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So what I'm hearing is that you can call anyone a pedophile on Facebook? Ok, every single employee and executive at Facebook are all pedophiles.

Sir this is Lemmy

Go ahead and post that to FB instead.

I don't use Facebook or any of those mainstream social media platforms anymore... I'm not edgy, I just have really bad anxiety.

It's edgy not have social media other than Lemmy?

I have no clue. I was worried I was gonna come off sounding like I think I'm edgy, so I was trying to clarify. Instead, it appears I suck my foot in my mouth?

the problem to me seems more like you're worried about what other people think? you were defending yourself before you did anything, and it backfired, but if you hadn't gave a fuck in the first place, we wouldn't be 6 replies deep about your anxiety?

anyways, please go tell FB that they're pedophiles.

i'll stick with the tried and true method of just not having a FB. if we all just stopped using it, it would go away. it seems pretty simple to me.

if you hadn't gave a fuck in the first place, we wouldn't be 6 replies deep

True, but I appreciate the insight and conversation. How are you doing, Masterblaster? Sincerely asking.

ah, the wife is pissed and sad at me. she just left for her job away from home for 3 days without saying goodbye knowing that i will be leaving in a day for a work trip where i won't be back for 2 weeks. it's frustrating but i got a bad case of cynical stoicism that keeps me just distant enough and inside my own head that i don't really care. i'm probably gonna play warthunder and smoke weed about it.

thanks for asking.

I'm really sorry to hear that and hope y'all are able to reconcile. Beyond seeking forgiveness, I hope y'all individually seek to understand and feel heard by the other. If y'all get a chance to learn from this, then maybe you'll grow stronger together. Until then, enjoy the weed.

Take care of yourself, friend.

thanks! she felt bad and came back to play hooky for a day. she's sleeping in as we speak. it's all good.

Well I don't think you're allowed to say "Mark Zuckerberg raped and murdered a 7 year old in 2014", but you are allowed to say "did Mark Zuckerberg rape and murder a 7 year old in 2014?"

You may not be allowed to say it, but apparently a misleading video can say it all it wants… I guess, so long as you made it say that and not AI.

This isn't Facebook, but also of course you can. Why wouldn't you be able to?

Good point. I don't know why everyone doesn't already do that.