Facebook codes vigilant AI software to red flag offensive live streams

Facebook is busying itself with the development of a new artificial intelligence software which it claims will be capable of automatically flagging offensive live streams to editors as soon as they are broadcast.
The prototype Facebook Live tool is the latest in a series of software advances being pioneered by the social networking site as it seeks to harness technology to take on the gargantuan task of monitoring its 1.8bn users to ensure nobody steps out of line.
It follows a number of high pr