Rebecca Solnit, a San Francisco author, faced a brief suspension of her Facebook account after she posted an essay discussing the LA protests. The incident drew attention as it seemingly highlighted flaws in Facebook's content moderation system, which relies on AI. Solnit's post, which emphasized the different social perspectives on violence, sparked the suspension. Facebook later acknowledged the suspension as an error, but the episode raised questions about the platform's accountability and moderation practices, especially concerning sensitive subjects like race and state violence.
The "incriminating" post from Monday is seen above. I also believe that those of us who are older, whiter, safer from the threats of state violence do not have the moral ground to lecture the younger, browner and blacker, more directly impacted on what they should and should not do.
Solnit included a screenshot of Facebook's rationale, which said, Your account, or activity on it, doesn't follow our Community Standards on account integrity. That's obviously quite vague!
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