> There is seriously no one out there, besides the Chinese govt with experience handling/understanding data flows at this scale. The expertise being built up in

> There is seriously no one out there, besides the Chinese govt with experience handling/understanding data flows at this scale. The expertise being built up in Facebook is going to be fundamental in addressing and eventually finding solutions to these problems. I have no doubt about that. Nobody else is seeing the data we are seeing. It's going to be a hard couple years ahead, with lot of turmoil, but we have a much better idea about what the issues are and therefore solutions are more likely to be found not less. This right here - this is exactly what freaks me out. I don't want a Ministry of Truth telling me what to believe in. I don't want a "responsible" entity controlling what information flows to me and how it flows to me. I don't want another entity to assume authority to judge my words and deem them safe to be forwarded to my friends and family. Epistemology is hard. Even those of us with advanced degrees are often misled by data from our own experiments and analysis. It is presumptuous to assume that a single entity can judge and identify the veracity of information. Additionally, a single entity that's going to control flow of information is a single point of failure. There are historical instances where much larger and more diverse sources of information have been collectively infiltrated or actively misled by those with clearly malicious purposes ("Iraq has WMDs" anyone?) The fact that somebody has sold this idea that information must be policed for "the better good of humanity" to the point that this is being discussed here - that's the single most frightening thing about the world we live in today. Edit: Just re-read the article and realized that Walt Mossberg might have quit Facebook because he believes Facebook isn't doing enough to police information flowing through it's network. > Mr. Mossberg has argued that the government should take an active role in protecting the internet, and that Facebook has “a direct responsibility to get rid of fake news.” sigh