Meta's fake videos should be labelled, says board

The independent body that reviews how the owner of Facebook moderates online content has said the firm should label fake posts rather than remove them. The Oversight Board said Meta was right not to remove a fake video of US President Joe Biden because it did not violate its manipulated media policy. The Oversight Board called for more labelling on fake material on Facebook, particularly if it cannot be removed under a certain policy violation. In January a fake robocall claiming to be from President Biden, believed to be artificially generated, urged voters to skip a primary election in New Hampshire. He added focusing on labelling fake posts would be an effective solution for some content, such as videos which have been recycled or recirculated from a previous event, but he was sceptical about the effectiveness of automatically labelling content manipulated using emerging AI tools.

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