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> the goal of which is to stop the kind of manipulation that happened That's the problem, right there. FB, as a company, believes they can somehow stop propaga
by bostik 8y ago
> the goal of which is to stop the kind of manipulation that happened
That's the problem, right there. FB, as a company, believes they can somehow stop propaganda/agitprop from being disseminated on their platform. They are desperately trying to apply pre-emptive filtering, and will fail.
They have no desire to actually work on improving the situation. Once someone has been subjected to this kind of messaging, FB will do nothing to educate the victims. The aim should be two-fold: to minimise damage (100% prevention is just not possible), and to heal the damage done. But no, that would require them to take responsibility.
I have talked with some FB people who are hiring for these integrity teams. When I asked about whether they are willing to take responsibility and educate their users to prevent further damage, the answer was - and I quote: "we don't do that".
- fossuser 8y agoThey do do that - they have fact checking things below stories and are trying different things to make that better.