In testifying before Congress in the past two days, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pointed to the company’s artificial intelligence technology as a solution to its content-moderation woes. In this article, BuzzFeed picks that argument apart, talking to AI researchers about the low likelihood that their systems will be able to understand hate speech with five to 10 years. the other problem is “there...
Read this briefing for free.
Get access to exclusive coverage
Read deeply reported stories from the largest newsroom in tech.
Latest Articles
The Briefing
Facebook
Apple
Facebook’s Ad Business Is Getting Squeezed by Apple’s Tracking Changes
A flood of internal Facebook documents showing up in the news media is telling us plenty about angst inside the company caused by toxic content and competitive threats from other services. And judging by this tweet from Facebook PR, more such revelations are on their way, a sign of how well organized these leakers are. But a bigger challenge for Facebook than the one posed by the leak storm may...
Latest Briefs
SoftBank Leaders Battle Over Future of Latin America Fund
Facebook’s Comms VP Tweets Thread Bemoaning “Gotcha Campaign”
Google CEO Stresses Need for Three Days in the Office
Stay in the know
Receive a summary of the day's top tech news—distilled into one email.
Access on the go
View stories on our mobile app and tune into our weekly podcast.
Join live video Q&A’s
Deep-dive into topics like startups and autonomous vehicles with our top reporters and other executives.
Enjoy a clutter-free experience
Read without any banner ads.
Recent Popular Stories
The Big Interview
Amazon
E-commerce
Deliveroo CEO Sees Echoes of Scooter Fad in Ultrafast Delivery
