WhatsApp AI Biased Against Palestinians, Shows Guns for 'Palestinian Boy' But Not 'Israeli Boy'

WhatsApp's AI-generated images show guns and armed children when prompted with terms like "Palestine" and "Muslim Palestinian boy". It shows harmless images for "Israeli boy".

Meta employees have reported the issue internally, according to a former employee.

Searches by Guardian and a former employee surfaced guns for "Palestinian" but no guns for "Israeli army".

Pro-Palestinian Instagram and Facebook users say Meta enforces content policies in a biased way against them.

A September 2022 study found Facebook and Instagram's policies during 2021 Gaza attacks violated rights of Palestinian users.