ISLAMABAD – Facebook said Wednesday it has removed a profile frametargeting Pakistan‘s Ahmadi community as the media giant continues tograpple with the proliferation of hate speech on the social network.
Profile frames are filters Facebook users can add to their pictures thatoften promote a cause, celebrate a holiday, or commemorate an event ortragedy.
The frame withdrawn by Facebook called for the death of the Ahmadis in Urduand was widely shared in Pakistan.
“We have removed the Profile Frames in question for violating our rules,and have ensured that they are unavailable for future use,” a Facebookspokesperson told AFP via email.
“We do not tolerate any content — including anything shared within ProfileFrames — that incites violence, and we remove this content whenever webecome aware of it.”
The frame was extensively used by Facebook users after US President DonaldTrump met with several leading members of persecuted religious groups inthe White House earlier this month, including a representative fromPakistan‘s Ahmadi community.
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Facebook disabled 2.19 billion accounts in the first quarter of this year,nearly double the number of accounts nixed in the prior three-month period.
The social network took down four million posts considered hate speech inthe first quarter of this year and continues to invest in technology tobetter detect such material in various languages and regions.
However Facebook has been battered by criticism that it was more focused ongrowth than protecting users or thwarting deception, bullying, andharassment.
