Facebook trained its AI to block violent live streams after Christchurch attacks
by Dan Sabbagh from Technology | The Guardian on (#5RA2V)
Leaked papers detail emergency exercise that followed 2019 mass murder in New Zealand
Facebook trained its artificial intelligence systems to detect and block any future attempt to livestream a shooting spree with police/military body cams footage," and other violent material, in the aftermath of the Christchurch terror attack.
The emergency exercise - detailed in corporate papers leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen - followed the March 2019 mass murder in the New Zealand city, described internally as a watershed moment" for the Facebook Live video service.
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