{"id":23820,"date":"2023-11-04T12:01:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T12:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=23820"},"modified":"2023-11-04T12:01:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T12:01:24","slug":"metas-racist-depictions-of-gun-wielding-palestinian-children-needs-urgent-investigation-from-esafety-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/11\/04\/metas-racist-depictions-of-gun-wielding-palestinian-children-needs-urgent-investigation-from-esafety-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"META\u2019S RACIST DEPICTIONS OF GUN-WIELDING PALESTINIAN CHILDREN NEEDS URGENT INVESTIGATION FROM ESAFETY COMMISSIONER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WhatsApp\u2019s AI&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/nov\/02\/whatsapps-ai-palestine-kids-gun-gaza-bias-israel#:~:text=A%20WhatsApp%20feature%20that%20generates,%E2%80%9D%2C%20the%20Guardian%20has%20learned.\"><u>depiction of gun-wielding children when promoted with \u2018Palestine,\u2019<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;demonstrates the need for immediate investigation into racist portrayals of Palestinians across Meta from Australia\u2019s eSafety commissioner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This comes after Deputy Leader of The Australian Greens and spokesperson for anti-racism, Mehreen Faruqi,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CzKlkNwhSlH\/\"><u>questioned the eSafety commissioner in Senate Estimates<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;on Meta\u2019s shadowbanning and censorship of content voicing support for Palestinians and reports that Meta&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/oct\/18\/instagram-palestine-posts-censorship-accusations\"><u>translated \u2018Palestinian&#8217; and the Arabic phrase \u201cPraise be to Allah\u201d to \u201cPalestinian terrorists.\u201d<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Senator Faruqi said:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLayer by layer the racism and biases in these mega social media platforms are unraveling for all to see.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe AI imagery of Palestinian children being depicted with guns on WhatsApp is a terrifying insight into the racist and Islamophobic criteria being fed into the algorithm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is right on the heels of Meta translating bios of Palestinian activists to label them as terrorists and shadowbanning Palestinian content. Meta has so far failed to address the issues or give a compelling explanation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHow many more racist \u2018bugs\u2019 need to be exposed before serious action is taken? The damage is already being done. Meta must be held accountable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe eSafety commissioner must urgently investigate the racist and Islamophobic imagery being produced by Meta.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp\u2019s AI&nbsp;depiction of gun-wielding children when promoted with \u2018Palestine,\u2019&nbsp;demonstrates the need for immediate investigation into racist portrayals of Palestinians across Meta from Australia\u2019s eSafety commissioner.&nbsp; This comes after Deputy Leader of The Australian Greens and spokesperson for anti-racism, Mehreen Faruqi,&nbsp;questioned the eSafety commissioner in Senate Estimates&nbsp;on Meta\u2019s shadowbanning and censorship of content voicing support for &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/11\/04\/metas-racist-depictions-of-gun-wielding-palestinian-children-needs-urgent-investigation-from-esafety-commissioner\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;META\u2019S RACIST DEPICTIONS OF GUN-WIELDING PALESTINIAN CHILDREN NEEDS URGENT INVESTIGATION FROM ESAFETY COMMISSIONER&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23821,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23820\/revisions\/23821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}