>>1029166 (OP)
This might be the database of the 'central' alrorithm.
Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube today announced they would cooperate on a plan to help limit the spread of terrorist content online. The companies said that together they will create a shared industry database that will be used to identify this content, including what they describe as the “most extreme and egregious terrorist images and videos” that have been removed from their respective services.
The new database will be continually updated …
While the effort is beginning with the top social networks, the larger goal is to make this database available to other companies in the future, Facebook says.
“We hope this collaboration will lead to greater efficiency as we continue to enforce our policies to help curb the pressing global issue of terrorist content online,” states the post.
Given the recent discussions about the spread of fake news on social media, one hopes this new collaboration could potentially pave a path for the companies working together on other initiatives going forward.
The problem of false news also damages all of social media, and has raised questions about what role should the companies play in battling that content……
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