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Facebook lifts ban on Newfoundland seed advertisement after AI flagged it as sexual
Facebook's AI content moderation system banned an advertisement for seeds from The Seed Company by E.W. Gaze, deeming the image of onions as 'overtly sexual'. The company contacted Facebook, and the ban was lifted after human review. Facebook apologized for the error.
- Date it happened
- 2020-10-07
- Organisation involved
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