LLMMedium
Facebook's Automated Moderation Mistakenly Flagged Landmark's Name as Offensive
- Occurred
- Jan 15, 2021
- Published
- Jan 27, 2021
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Facebook's automated system mistakenly labelled posts featuring the seafaring landmark Plymouth Hoe as misogynistic.
Developers
Deployers
Harmed parties
- Facebook users posting about Plymouth Hoe
- Facebook users in Plymouth Hoe
- Plymouth Hoe residents
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Automated moderation system error causing false flagging of content.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8