Meta erased 180K Australian content bits for having harmful health material
Meta erased 180,000 bits of Australian content last year as they contained 'harmful health material.' Meta also stated that the information deleted from other countries helped Australians as well, with a total of 11 million individuals affected internationally. Last year, more than 180,000 pieces of material were banned from Australian Facebook and Instagram Pages and accounts for breaking Meta's Community Standards for containing harmful health misinformation. It should be noted that the number of 180,000 is an increase from 110,000 in 2020. Meta stated that the information deleted from other countries helped Australians as well, with a total of 11 million individuals affected internationally. The information was published in a Meta transparency report focused on Australia, which was provided by the Digital Industry Group (DIGI) as part of its monitoring of the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation. In the fourth quarter of 2021, M...