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Facebook’s Algorithm Mistook an Advertisement of Onions as Sexual Suggestive Content
Facebook’s content moderation algorithm misidentified and removed a Canadian business’s advertisement containing a photo of onions as products of overtly sexual content, which was later reinstated after review.
- Date it happened
- 2020-10-03
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