Facebook parent Meta uses AI to tackle new types of harmful content

The company has been testing new AI technology to flag posts that discourage COVID-19 vaccines or imply violence, which may be harder to catch.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 71 words · Casey Mitchell

But users sometimes phrase their remarks as a question like “Vaccine or DNA changer?”

or even use code words to take a stab at evade detection.

The new technology, Meta says, will help the company catch content it might miss.

“Ultimately, the goal here is to keep users safe.”

Few-Shot Learner works in more than 100 languages.

Carapcea said she thinks Few-Shot Learner could eventually be applied to virtual reality content.