Facebook in test mode sent out notifications to users in which it offers help if “your friend becomes an extremist”, as well as if the user is faced with malicious content.
Social network notification leads to Twitter Redstate editor Kira Davis. “Are you worried that your friend is becoming an extremist? We are committed to preventing extremism on Facebook. Others who happened to be in your place received confidential assistance, ”the social network said.
According to Fox News, some users received a different notification: “You may have recently been exposed to malicious extremist content.” After him, help is also offered. Links to support the social network lead to the website of the non-profit organization Life After Hate.
Facebook has confirmed Fox News is sending test notifications. The company announced that it cooperates in this direction with non-governmental organizations and experts. The company did not respond to a request from the TV channel, with which NGOs it cooperates and what content it considers “harmful” and “extremist”.
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