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Study: Facebook fails to catch East Africa extremist content

FILE - Civilians flee as security forces aim their weapons at a hotel complex attacked by al-Shabab extremists, in Nairobi, Kenya on Jan. 15, 2019. Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa as the region remains under threat from violent attacks and Kenya prepares to vote in a closely contested national election, according to a new study released Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi, File) FILE - Hundreds of newly trained al-Shabab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18 km south of Mogadishu, in Somalia on Feb. 17, 2011. Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa as the region remains under threat from violent attacks and Kenya prepares to vote in a closely contested national election, according to a new study released Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File) FILE - A customer uses the Wi-Fi on her mobile phone at an internet cafe in the low-income Kibera neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya on Sept. 29, 2021. Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa as the region remains under threat from violent attacks and Kenya prepares to vote in a closely contested national election, according to a new study released Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File) FILE - The Facebook app is shown on a smartphone, in Surfside, Fla. on April 23, 2021. Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa as the region remains under threat from violent attacks and Kenya prepares to vote in a closely contested national election, according to a new study released Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)