Facebook’s ‘hate speech’ test is a better idea than you might think

Earlier this week, several Facebook users noticed a new option on all their Facebook posts: a small button at the bottom asking “Does this post contain hate speech?” It appeared on the most innocuous posts, including cat photos and boba tea parties. Yep, Facebook is asking whether my friend's boba tea meetup at a Pet Expo is hate speech. pic.twitter.com/eFMct3YXr5 — Gene Park (@GenePark) May 1, 2018 If you selected the “yes” option, you’d be directed to another choice. Those options were “Hate speech,” “Test P1,” “Test P2,” and so forth. Clearly the quiz was not meant for primetime, and…

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