Disinformation, abuse and harmful content published on technology platforms poses an urgent threat to society as life increasingly moves online.
Every minute, 500 hours of video are posted to YouTube and 243,000 photos are uploaded onto Facebook, according to the World Economic Forum. On Facebook alone, 11.6 million pieces of content on child nudity and sexual exploitation of children were removed in the third quarter of 2019, a substantial increase on the previous quarter. Bullying, fake accounts to spam or defraud and terrorist propaganda is also spreading rapidly.
For now, Facebook is largely policing itself for harmful content.
The world's biggest social media company employs 35,000 people to develop technology that can constantly scan for illegal activity, hate speech or disinformation on its website and app.