The nonprofit group Ekō revealed that social media giants Meta and X approved ads featuring hate speech against Jews and Muslims ahead of Germany's federal elections. Ekō submitted 10 ads targeting German voters, with Meta approving five and X approving all ten. The content included extreme language advocating violence. Ekō criticized Meta's ad moderation system as fundamentally flawed and suggested that it has regressed despite regulatory requirements. While Meta denied publication of the ads, it acknowledged issues in its review processes, emphasizing the ongoing need for better content moderation within electoral contexts.
"Our findings suggest that Meta's AI-driven ad moderation systems remain fundamentally broken, despite the Digital Services Act (DSA) now being in full effect."
"Meta's systems detected and disabled the advertiser's page before we became aware of this research."
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