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Facebook has acknowledged an alleged “mistake” in censoring an iconic image of former President Donald Trump following the July 13 assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, sparking renewed debate over social media content moderation practices. Meta labeled the famous photo as an “altered image,” only later admitting it was a “mistake.”that Facebook has admitted to “mistakenly” censoring the famous image of former President Donald Trump in the aftermath of the July 13 assassination attempt.
Responding to the criticism, Dani Lever, a spokesperson for Meta, Facebook’s parent company, acknowledged the error on Monday. “Yes, this was an error,” Lever stated on X . She explained that the fact-check was initially applied to a doctored version of the photo showing Secret Service agents smiling, and the system incorrectly extended this fact-check to the authentic image.
This incident is not isolated, as Meta has faced criticism from Trump supporters on multiple fronts. The company’s AI chatbot, Meta AI,to the assassination attempt as “fictional” when prompted for details about the event. Screenshots shared by X users showed inconsistent and sometimes inaccurate responses from the chatbot regarding the incident.
These incidents have reignited discussions about the role of big tech companies in information dissemination and their potential influence on political discourse. It’s worth noting that major tech platforms had
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