WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Facebook testing out a “hate speech” button, inadvertently launches it live:

Facebook accidentally set a “hate speech” button live on its platform for a short period of time, a company spokesperson confirmed in a statement Tuesday. The button asked users: “Does this contain hate speech?”

The spokesperson said the company was conducting an “internal test” in an attempt to understand “different types of speech, including speech we thought would not be hate.” They said a bug caused the button to launch publicly but it has since been disabled.

Facebook Vice President Guy Rosen explained on Twitter that the button was shown on posts regardless of their content but was “reverted” within 20 minutes.

Note the example shown in the photo in the above-linked CBS article – asking if an article reporting that the former far left rhetorical bomb thrower Alan Grayson is planning on running again to recapture his House seat. “Does this post contain hate speech?” Plenty of partisans would click yes for the headline and the image of Grayson alone. This will end well if the button is made permanent.