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Facebook apologises for threat to ban knitter, 81, for hate speech

Facebook apologises for threat to ban knitter, 81, for hate speech Milly Vincent For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo An elderly British widow was threatened with a permanent ban from Facebook after the social media platform mistook her posts about knitting woollen pigs as hate speech . Rita Rich-Mulcahy, 81, who lives in a retirement village south of Adelaide, Australia, challenged herself to knit 100 five-inch pigs for charity after the death of her husband.  But after sharing photos of her creations on the social media site and innocently responding to friends comments Facebook issued her with two warnings. A friend commented on Mrs Rich-Mulcahy s page white rabbits, white rabbits on February 1, to which she responded No, white pigs, white pigs! . That earned her the first hate speech warning.

Facebook apologises for threatening to ban 81-year-old knitter for hate speech

Share Then she posted a picture of a hi-viz piggy . That earned her a second warning. A third warning could leave her with a permanent ban. Now I have two strikes against me with no way to appeal. So the bot will watch everything I type now. It is ludicrous, said Mrs Rich-Mulcahy, originally from Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. Her Facebook page is devoted to the woollen pigs she knits. Mrs Rich-Mulcahy added: Facebook obviously use a bot to trawl around Facebook and I had made two comments, totally innocent, which the bot saw as hate speech. If I ditch Facebook I would lose my great connection with my Shropshire friends.

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