What Facebook isn’t telling us about its fight against online abuse

Laura Bliss

What Facebook isn’t telling us about its fight against online abuse

Laura Bliss

Faculty of Arts & Sciences

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Abstract

Facebook has released details of abusive content it has removed between October 2017 and March 2018. This is a significant step forward for the company, who in the past have refused to release this information. Yet, key information is missing from these figures, such as the comments which were seen not to breach their guidelines. This article will expose some of the flaws with the figures given by Facebook. It will be put forward, with the aid of other studies, such as those undertaken by Amnesty International, that the figures are given really do not expose the true scale of online abuse.

Original language	English
Journal	The Conversation
Early online date	21 May 2018
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 21 May 2018

Keywords

Social media
Abuse
Abuse online
Facebook
Twitter

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Legality, Social Media and the Criminal Law
BLISS, L. (Author), RIZZUTO, F. (Director of Studies) & PENDLEBURY, A. (Supervisor), 15 Apr 2020
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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What Facebook isn’t telling us about its fight against online abuse

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Legality, Social Media and the Criminal Law

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