The board, which operates independently of Meta and is funded by grants from the company, called the policy “inconsistent, lacks a convincing justification, and does not provide any specific “It inappropriately focuses on how the content was created, rather than whether it was intended to prevent harm.” ”
The recommendation was made as part of the board’s review of Meta’s decision to cancel its plans. President Biden’s manipulated video The content on Facebook was edited to make it appear as though he was inappropriately touching his granddaughter.
The Meta Oversight Committee will eventually I supported Meta’s decision regarding the Facebook video.concluded that the policy does not violate the company’s Manipulated Media Policy because it only applies to videos created with artificial intelligence (AI) that show people saying things they never said. Reached.
“The video in this post has not been altered using AI and does not violate existing policies because it shows President Biden doing something he is not doing (or saying).” the committee pointed out.
“Furthermore, the tampering of this video clip is obvious and therefore unlikely to mislead the ‘average user’ as to its authenticity. According to Meta, this is a key characteristic of manipulated media.” added.
However, the Board argued that:
Current policy is too narrow And it should expand to cover audio and audiovisual content, content that shows people doing things they’ve never done, and content no matter how it’s created.
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