Charity's Facebook page returns after AI flags 'heroines' name

When the UK charity Hundred Heroines had its Facebook group taken down it received a message from the social media company that said the page “goes against our community standards on drugs”.

- Lanre Bakare

Now, after more than a month of appealing the ban, the photography charity is celebrating the reinstatement of its group after the tech company’s AI tools mistook it for an organisation promoting the class-A opioid heroin.

The Gloucestershire-based organisation, which celebrates female photographers, has had its Facebook group taken down twice this year, most recently in September, for apparent breaches of community guidelines related to the promotion of drugs.

After a second appeal in 12 months, the Hundred Heroines: Women in Photography Today page was restored with no explanation or apology last week.