Oversight committee attacks Meta’s ‘incoherent’ policy on misleadingly manipulated videos as too focused on AI

Meta’s oversight board has found that a Facebook video wrongfully suggesting that the US president, Joe Biden, is a paedophile does not violate the company’s current rules while deeming those rules “incoherent” and too narrowly focused on AI-generated content.

The board, which is funded by Meta – Facebook’s parent company – but run independently, took on the Biden video case in October in response to a user complaint about an altered seven-second video of the president. Mark Zuckerberg at a Senate judiciary committee hearing at the US Capitol in Washington DC

It ruled that Meta was right to leave the video up under its current policy, which bars misleadingly altered videos only if they were produced by artificial intelligence or if they make people appear to say words they never actually said.

But the ruling is the first to critique Meta’s policy on “manipulated media” amid rising concerns about the potential use of new AI technologies to sway elections this year.

It said the policy “is lacking in persuasive justification, is incoherent and confusing to users, and fails to clearly specify the harms it is seeking to prevent”. It suggested Meta update it to cover both audio and video content and to apply labels identifying it as manipulated regardless of whether AI was used.

  • thefartographer@lemm.ee
    14·
    10 months ago

    I have no clue. I was worried I was gonna come off sounding like I think I’m edgy, so I was trying to clarify. Instead, it appears I suck my foot in my mouth?

    • Masterblaster@kbin.social
      102·
      10 months ago

      the problem to me seems more like you’re worried about what other people think? you were defending yourself before you did anything, and it backfired, but if you hadn’t gave a fuck in the first place, we wouldn’t be 6 replies deep about your anxiety?

      anyways, please go tell FB that they’re pedophiles.

      i’ll stick with the tried and true method of just not having a FB. if we all just stopped using it, it would go away. it seems pretty simple to me.

      • thefartographer@lemm.ee
        41·
        10 months ago

        if you hadn’t gave a fuck in the first place, we wouldn’t be 6 replies deep

        True, but I appreciate the insight and conversation. How are you doing, Masterblaster? Sincerely asking.

        • Masterblaster@kbin.social
          81·
          10 months ago

          ah, the wife is pissed and sad at me. she just left for her job away from home for 3 days without saying goodbye knowing that i will be leaving in a day for a work trip where i won’t be back for 2 weeks. it’s frustrating but i got a bad case of cynical stoicism that keeps me just distant enough and inside my own head that i don’t really care. i’m probably gonna play warthunder and smoke weed about it.

          thanks for asking.

          • thefartographer@lemm.ee
            11·
            10 months ago

            I’m really sorry to hear that and hope y’all are able to reconcile. Beyond seeking forgiveness, I hope y’all individually seek to understand and feel heard by the other. If y’all get a chance to learn from this, then maybe you’ll grow stronger together. Until then, enjoy the weed.

            Take care of yourself, friend.