Facebook's next big project in the hardware sector is set to be augmented reality glasses. Such a hardware has been in-the-making for many tech giants including Google which eventually failed at making it a commercial success. Facebook's head of augmented reality Ficus Kirkpatrick confirmed this at TechCrunch's AR/VR event. He said that the company is looking forward to making the AR glasses a reality.

It was in 2017 when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had announced that the company wanted to build these glasses, however, he admitted that Facebook didn't have the right science or technology to build it. It seems the company has sped up its way in terms of technology.

It is well-known Facebook uses a mix of technology and human reviewers to sift out abusive content from its platform. In its blog, the company shared its progress in using new technology to fight child exploitation.

The company said that it used photo-matching technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to detect child nudity and child exploitative content. In addition to that, the company's Community Standards ban child exploitation to avoid even the potential for abuse. This comprehensive approach has helped Facebook remove 8.7 million pieces of content in the last quarter alone. 99 percent of the abusive content was removed before users reported it.

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