Kisan Ekta Morcha was marked as spam for increased activity: Facebook
Amid farmers protest against farm laws 2020, Facebook had, on Sunday, blocked the page of Kisan Ekta Morcha (KEM) temporarily for allegedly “going against” the “Community Standards on spam.”
The Facebook page, used by the protesting farmers against the farm laws 2020, was later restored on both Facebook and Instagram following outrage by social media users.
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Facebook spokesperson on Monday stated that "As per our review, our automated systems found an increased activity on Facebook page 'Kisan Ekta Morcha' and flagged it as spam, which violates our Community Standards."
"We restored the page in less than 3 hours when we became aware of the context," it added.
"The vast majority of our work fighting spam is done automatically using recognizable patterns of problematic behaviour," the spokesperson added.
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"For example, if an account is posting over and over in quick succession that’s a strong sign something is wrong," Facebook added.
The Facebook spokesperson also stated that "We also rely on our human review team to work on cases where human expertise is needed to understand the context of a particular situation."
"In Q3, 2020, out of the 1.9 billion pieces of content removed globally for violating our policies on spam, we restored 74.9 mn pieces of content globally when we identified issues ourselves," it concluded.
The farmers' protest has been intensified against the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
-PTC News