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Permanent Removal of Social Media Content via Automated Tools Allegedly Prevented Investigative Efforts

AI Incident Database · article · Jun 19, 2020 · UTC

Automated permanent removal of violating social media content, such as terrorism, violent extremism, and hate speech, without archival has allegedly hindered the potential use of this content for investigating serious crimes and hampered efforts in criminal accountability.

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recordType
incident-report
evidenceStatus
reported
region
Global

Reported occurrence date: 2020-03-16T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.

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2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z

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