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Disinformation Nation: Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation (QFR Responses)

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Questioner: Kathleen Rice

Harm: Hate speech
Q. · Question

Kathleen Rice

A. · Response

Respondent not recorded

QuestionRice asks how Facebook's content-moderation methods differ between misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech (following its policy shift reclassifying Holocaust denial as hate speech rather than misinformation), and how it should be held accountable given an ADL study still finding significant Holocaust denial content on the platform.

ResponseFacebook explains its terminology distinctions (misinformation vs. disinformation vs. hate speech) and cites general hate-speech enforcement statistics, but does not directly address the ADL's finding that significant Holocaust denial content persists despite the policy change, nor propose a specific accountability mechanism.