{ "id": "AIBD-0113", "title": "Meta threat alert, relayed through the FBI, brings Paraguayan police and psychologists to a bullied 17-year-old who praised the Uvalde shooter", "summary": "Meta flagged a Paraguayan teen's post praising the Uvalde shooter; the FBI relayed it and police, prosecutors and psychologists intervened.", "date_observed": "2022-05-26", "date_basis": "unassessed", "date_precision": "unassessed", "benefit_status": null, "source_collection": null, "source_entry": null, "account": "On Thursday 26 May 2022, two days after the Uvalde school shooting, Paraguay's Policía Nacional and Ministerio Público received an alert. It came from Meta's platform and the FBI office in Buenos Aires. A user in Paraguay had tagged the shooter, called himself his “fan” and said something similar could happen in Paraguay with more victims. Comisario Diosnel Alarcón's cybercrime department identified the Instagram profile as a 17-year-old in the “zona central”. He lived with a relative and was treated as a bullying victim. Police, prosecutors, the children's defender and psychologists visited the home and recommended urgent psychological support, and also visited a friend who knew of the posts. No weapon or plan was reported.", "category": "protective response", "unexpected": false, "purpose": "Meta's content-detection and law-enforcement referral process exists to find posts that threaten violence or self-harm. It passes credible threats to the authorities of the user's country. Flagging this post and alerting the police was that purpose.", "system": "Meta (Facebook/Instagram) violence-threat detection and law-enforcement referral process", "model_version": null, "developer": "Meta Platforms", "deployer": "Meta Platforms", "location": null, "domain": "Online safety and threat referral to law enforcement", "segment": "Media, social platforms, and marketing", "benefit_type": "Reduced Violence", "taxonomy_note": "A threat of a copycat shooting was checked and the minor given psychological support, but no weapon or plan was found and the detection is not shown to be automated.", "registry_ids": { "oecd_aim": "2022-05-27-1b09" }, "ratings": [ { "group": "personal", "depth": 1, "reason": "The 17-year-old, a bullying victim living with a relative, was seen by prosecutors' psychologists, who recommended urgent support (“contención”). The sources report no coercive outcome beyond a planned review of his phone." }, { "group": "societal", "depth": 1, "reason": "A public statement that a school shooting could be repeated in Paraguay was checked within a day, after local media had reported threats in schools. Police said many such alerts prove to be jokes, so no prevented harm is shown." } ], "ai_role": { "status": "unassessed", "statement": "Officials said the network detected the comment, classified it as dangerous and reported it. It went to the FBI and a 24/7 channel shared by prosecutors and the cybercrime police. Alarcón also spoke of corroborating “datos de analítica artificial” before the visit. No source says the flag was automated. Meta documents that its technology proactively detects most violating content before anyone reports it, but its referrals to law enforcement also pass through human review. Identifying the user, the home visit and the psychological support were the work of Paraguayan police, prosecutors and the child-protection office." }, "evidence": [ { "kind": "news report", "citation": "La Nación, Paraguay (2022). Atentado en Texas: FBI alerta sobre intención de replicar el hecho en Paraguay por parte de un menor. La Nación.", "title": "Atentado en Texas: FBI alerta sobre intención de replicar el hecho en Paraguay por parte de un menor", "url": "https://www.lanacion.com.py/pais/2022/05/26/atentado-en-texas-fbi-alerta-sobre-intencion-de-replicar-el-hecho-en-paraguay-por-parte-de-un-menor/", "date": "2022-05-26", "written_by": "independent", "quote": "eso detecta la red social y reporta al FBI como también a una red 24/7 en el que está tanto el Ministerio Público como la Policía de Delitos Informáticos" }, { "kind": "news report", "citation": "Última Hora, Glezcu, M. (2022). FBI alerta a la Policía paraguaya de una amenaza de tiroteo en un colegio. Última Hora.", "title": "FBI alerta a la Policía paraguaya de una amenaza de tiroteo en un colegio", "url": "https://www.ultimahora.com/fbi-alerta-la-policia-paraguaya-una-amenaza-tiroteo-un-colegio-n3003665.html", "date": "2022-05-26", "written_by": "independent", "quote": "las alertas llegan constantemente cuando las redes sociales detectan conductas de personas que quieren atentar contra su vida o también de otros tipos de hechos punibles graves" }, { "kind": "news report", "citation": "Diario Hoy (2022). Joven paraguayo alentó por redes a tiroteo en Texas: FBI alertó y la Policía ya lo ubicó. Hoy.", "title": "Joven paraguayo alentó por redes a tiroteo en Texas: FBI alertó y la Policía ya lo ubicó", "url": "https://www.hoy.com.py/nacionales/joven-paraguayo-alento-por-redes-a-tiroteo-en-texas-delitos-informaticos-ya-lo-ubico", "date": "2022-05-27", "written_by": "independent", "quote": "Fuimos alertados a través de la red social involucrada y el FBI de Buenos Aires, luego hicimos lo propio en el Departamento de Cibercrimen para identificar al usuario" }, { "kind": "news report", "citation": "Última Hora (2022). Caso alertado por FBI involucra a una víctima del bullying, señalan. Última Hora.", "title": "Caso alertado por FBI involucra a una víctima del bullying, señalan", "url": "https://www.ultimahora.com/caso-alertado-fbi-involucra-una-victima-del-bullying-segun-fiscalia-n3003798.html", "date": "2022-05-27", "written_by": "independent", "quote": "El Ministerio Público también recibió la misma alerta que recibió la Policía Nacional el jueves por parte de la agencia federal de investigación e inteligencia FBI" }, { "kind": "news report", "citation": "Última Hora (2022). Policía Nacional señala que reciben alertas periódicas de redes sociales. Última Hora.", "title": "Policía Nacional señala que reciben alertas periódicas de redes sociales", "url": "https://www.ultimahora.com/delitos-informaticos-senala-que-reciben-alertas-periodicas-redes-sociales-n3003985.html", "date": "2022-05-28", "written_by": "independent", "quote": "una vez corroborados los datos de analítica artificial, nos constituimos en la casa del adolescente" }, { "kind": "news report", "citation": "EFE, via Vanguardia (2022). Menor paraguayo activa alerta de Facebook tras mensaje sobre masacre de Texas. Vanguardia.", "title": "Menor paraguayo activa alerta de Facebook tras mensaje sobre masacre de Texas", "url": "https://www.vanguardia.com/tecnologia/menor-paraguayo-activa-alerta-de-facebook-tras-mensaje-sobre-masacre-de-texas-XA5244671", "date": "2022-05-27", "written_by": "independent", "quote": "publicó un comentario que la red social catalogó como peligroso" }, { "kind": "press release", "citation": "Meta (n.d.). Detecting violations. 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