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Automated Adult Content Detection Tools Showed Bias against Women Bodies

Automated content moderation tools to detect sexual explicitness or "raciness" reportedly exhibited bias against women bodies, resulting in suppression of reach despite not breaking platform policies.

Date it happened
2006-02-25
Organisation involved
Meta, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook
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