A couple of quick policy updates from Facebook: Facebook will block access to 'Live' at single violation In wake of the Christchurch attack shooting streaming on Facebook Live, the company will now block access to Facebook Live tool for people who violate its serious policies relating to Live. Access will be restricted for a single violation for set periods of time, say 30 days. Users who share a link to a militant group's statement "with no context" will be immediately blocked from using live for a fixed period. This feature is rolling out in the next few weeks; violaters of Live policies will be restricted from running ads. Outside of this, Facebook is awarding research grants of a cumulative $7.5 million to thee American universities to study and help detect manipulated media. According to Facebook, this was prompted given that Facebook was unable to detect slight variants of the original Christchurch shooting video, which were circulating the platform for hours after the shooting. "People — not always intentionally — shared edited versions of the video, which made it hard for our systems to detect," the company said in its blog post. The research is aimed to: Detect manipulated media across images, video and audio, and Distinguish between unwitting posters and adversaries who intentionally manipulate videos and photographs Facebook to give more pay and benefits to contracted content moderators - in the US for now; what about India? Facebook will increase the hourly pay rate for thousands of contract workers -…
