An alarming new study is shedding light on the slow pace of Meta regarding removing harmful content online.
Its popular Instagram and Facebook apps are slowest to delete content that has been flagged as dangerous. Some requests take up to six weeks to reply to get them removed from the site, the report shared. The company might have some great powers to identify a scammer, but the takedown requests it rolls out to big tech giants are not compulsory. They work voluntarily.
The reply in regards to actioning removal requests about 'fininfluencers' that use their accounts to promote financial goods and services is 100%, but the pace at which it occurs varies greatly.
The time needed for action is major and it varies by every platform. The fact that Meta will take its precious time to get things done is uncalled for and unnecessary, regulators argue. It just goes to show how it’s not as quick to respond as other platforms.
Can big tech firms do so much better? The answer is yes, and Meta, which houses a family of the world’s most popular apps, struggles big time. Algorithms keep driving more content to consumers. This makes it so much more frequent to see a scam online. As per the FCA, it got 25,000 reports about fraudulent businesses working unauthorized. It’s linked to online fraud last year, and there’s a growing trend among the youth and middle-aged individuals who desire to get rich quickly.
The problem is that the FCA can only roll out takedown alerts, but scammers continue to engage in lifeboating. This is the term reserved for producing several small email accounts that keep reappearing online quickly.
Big tech needs to be so much more proactive. The content keeps being shown 12 hours later. If Meta isn’t taking swift measures, the whole process gets impacted. For now, influencers get prosecuted, but several reality television stars continue to face trial for marketing fake foreign exchange rates through Instagram.
Meta is yet to comment on this, but it’s definitely an alarming situation for obvious reasons.
Image: DIW-Aigen
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Its popular Instagram and Facebook apps are slowest to delete content that has been flagged as dangerous. Some requests take up to six weeks to reply to get them removed from the site, the report shared. The company might have some great powers to identify a scammer, but the takedown requests it rolls out to big tech giants are not compulsory. They work voluntarily.
The reply in regards to actioning removal requests about 'fininfluencers' that use their accounts to promote financial goods and services is 100%, but the pace at which it occurs varies greatly.
The time needed for action is major and it varies by every platform. The fact that Meta will take its precious time to get things done is uncalled for and unnecessary, regulators argue. It just goes to show how it’s not as quick to respond as other platforms.
Can big tech firms do so much better? The answer is yes, and Meta, which houses a family of the world’s most popular apps, struggles big time. Algorithms keep driving more content to consumers. This makes it so much more frequent to see a scam online. As per the FCA, it got 25,000 reports about fraudulent businesses working unauthorized. It’s linked to online fraud last year, and there’s a growing trend among the youth and middle-aged individuals who desire to get rich quickly.
The problem is that the FCA can only roll out takedown alerts, but scammers continue to engage in lifeboating. This is the term reserved for producing several small email accounts that keep reappearing online quickly.
Big tech needs to be so much more proactive. The content keeps being shown 12 hours later. If Meta isn’t taking swift measures, the whole process gets impacted. For now, influencers get prosecuted, but several reality television stars continue to face trial for marketing fake foreign exchange rates through Instagram.
Meta is yet to comment on this, but it’s definitely an alarming situation for obvious reasons.
Image: DIW-Aigen
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