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"..curating, moderating, (dare I say, policing?) our own feeds of information. This gives them a share of the responsibility for what's posted on their platform

"..curating, moderating, (dare I say, policing?) our own feeds of information. This gives them a share of the responsibility for what's posted on their platform" Is this actually true? I've seen it mentioned in a few places. Why isn't "obviously we can't vet every comment prior to it appearing but we do our best with a combination of humans and scripts to remove stuff that breaks our rules" an adequate defense?

bjt2n3904 8y ago
If someone logs onto an IRC channel, and posts a racist statement, does the channel operator or system operator share responsibility? On the other hand, what if a newspaper posts an editorial that "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong (TM)"? Do they share more responsibility than if someone comments on the system? Facebook is trying to decide whether it's an IRC server, or a newspaper. I think the problem is that they want to be both.
- hastes 8y ago
  > Facebook is trying to decide whether it's an IRC server, or a newspaper. I think the problem is that they want to be both. You hit the nail so hard on the head with this statement, Facebook has come to a point where it cannot just be a "traditional social network" if it wants to continue to expand within the stock market and grow globally--it needs to be THE ONE TRUE source of information, discussion, media, news, politics, small community groups, advertising. What used to be a cool place to check on your friends, their interests, and what they are doing has turned into attempting to be a little bit of every single site so much that users "shouldn't have to" go anywhere else.
- superflyguy 8y ago
  I'm not talking about IRC or newspapers though. I don't care any IRC and me posting something on Facebook is clearly not even remotely close to a newspaper running an article. I've already got my own opinion on the matter, I was wondering if anyone here knew of any relevant legislation or precedent in the matter.

bjt2n3904 8y ago

If someone logs onto an IRC channel, and posts a racist statement, does the channel operator or system operator share responsibility? On the other hand, what if a newspaper posts an editorial that "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong (TM)"? Do they share more responsibility than if someone comments on the system? Facebook is trying to decide whether it's an IRC server, or a newspaper. I think the problem is that they want to be both.

hastes 8y ago
> Facebook is trying to decide whether it's an IRC server, or a newspaper. I think the problem is that they want to be both. You hit the nail so hard on the head with this statement, Facebook has come to a point where it cannot just be a "traditional social network" if it wants to continue to expand within the stock market and grow globally--it needs to be THE ONE TRUE source of information, discussion, media, news, politics, small community groups, advertising. What used to be a cool place to check on your friends, their interests, and what they are doing has turned into attempting to be a little bit of every single site so much that users "shouldn't have to" go anywhere else.
superflyguy 8y ago
I'm not talking about IRC or newspapers though. I don't care any IRC and me posting something on Facebook is clearly not even remotely close to a newspaper running an article. I've already got my own opinion on the matter, I was wondering if anyone here knew of any relevant legislation or precedent in the matter.