In Wake Of Shootings, Facebook Struggles To Define Hate Speech

In a post on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote that the live-streamed images following a police shooting in Minnesota were “graphic and heartbreaking.” (Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)
In the wake of last week’s shootings, Facebook has seen a significant spike in flagged content, with users calling out each other’s posts as racist, violent and offensive. According to Facebook employees, the company is having a very hard time deciding who is right or how to define