Facebook missing far-right hate speech in Ireland 

Facebook missing far-right hate speech in Ireland 

Hateful content on Facebook within Ireland is often not removed due to moderators "having no local context" regarding what they’re seeing, it has emerged.

Hateful content on Facebook within Ireland is often not removed due to moderators "having no local context" regarding what they’re seeing, it has emerged.

The revelation emerged from a first-of-its-kind meeting between Facebook Ireland’s public policy and misinformation teams and the civil society groups Uplift and the Far Right Observatory held on Wednesday to discuss the twin issues of hate speech and misinformation on the platform.

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