Facebook said it relied more heavily on automation technology for reviewing content during the months of April, May and June as it had fewer reviewers at its offices due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The company said it was expanding its hate speech policy to include content depicting blackface, or stereotypes about Jewish people controlling the world.
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