Nick Clegg acknowledged high error rates in Meta's content moderation, stating, "We know that when enforcing our policies, our error rates are still too high, which gets in the way of the free expression that we set out to enable." He emphasized the impact of these mistakes on users and their expression of ideas.
Clegg reflected on the overly strict moderation policies during the COVID-19 pandemic, stating, "No one during the pandemic knew how the pandemic was going to unfold, so this really is wisdom in hindsight. But with that hindsight, we feel that we overdid it a bit." He highlighted users' complaints about unjust content restriction.
Pointing out the issues with automated systems, Clegg mentioned, "Examples of 'moderation failures' were recently trending on Threads... the company publicly apologized after its systems suppressed photos of President-elect Donald Trump surviving an attempted assassination," indicating the struggles with content moderation practices.
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