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Many in Myanmar and Philippines might disagree. Facebook Admits It Was Used to Incite Violence in Myanmar https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/technology/myanmar

Many in Myanmar and Philippines might disagree. Facebook Admits It Was Used to Incite Violence in Myanmar https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/technology/myanmar-facebook.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/technology/myanmar-facebo... What Happens When the Government Uses Facebook as a Weapon? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-07/how-rodrigo-duterte-turned-facebook-into-a-weapon-with-a-little-help-from-facebook https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-07/how-rodri...

SamReidHughes 8y ago
It's a communication platform. You want a censored internet.
- seppin 8y ago
  > It's a communication platform. You want a censored internet. It's a communication platform designed to enflame and enrage, because outrage gets the higher engagement metrics therefore higher AD revenues. Facebook designed themselves out of any legitimate argument they are merely a benign platform.
- TheOtherHobbes 8y ago
  FB is the censored Internet. Covert user activity tracking, links to outfits like Cambridge Analytica, troll farms, "disappeared" groups, and all under the pretext of targeted ads - in what sense is any of that a clean, free-range Internet?
  - Gigablah 8y ago
    3 out of your 4 examples don’t have anything to do with censorship, not even remotely. You’re being disingenuous. Not to mention “clean” and “free-range” are diametrically opposite.
somethingle234 8y ago
I'm really bored at this Myanmar narrative. Let's get this straight: The Myanmar government and the majority (probably) of Myanmar people hate Rohingya. There's no way Facebook can prevent the violence. And It's just ironic that nobody blames the Myanmar government and the majority of Myanmar people.
bogomipz 8y ago
And the violence in Sri Lanka last spring is also worth mentioning. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/05/facebook-anti-muslim-violence-sri-lanka https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/05/facebo...
- Axsuul 8y ago
  "The assertion from senior government officials, therefore, that the ban on Facebook put a stop to the violence is inaccurate. Data scientists and researchers have flagged that the block on social media did little to deter the mobs, who found their way around it with ease. While not entirely blameless, Facebook also became an easy scapegoat."
sampo 8y ago
In the 1994 Rwandan genocide, they used a radio station to incite hatred and, well, the genocide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide

SamReidHughes 8y ago

It's a communication platform. You want a censored internet.

seppin 8y ago
> It's a communication platform. You want a censored internet. It's a communication platform designed to enflame and enrage, because outrage gets the higher engagement metrics therefore higher AD revenues. Facebook designed themselves out of any legitimate argument they are merely a benign platform.
TheOtherHobbes 8y ago
FB is the censored Internet. Covert user activity tracking, links to outfits like Cambridge Analytica, troll farms, "disappeared" groups, and all under the pretext of targeted ads - in what sense is any of that a clean, free-range Internet?
- Gigablah 8y ago
  3 out of your 4 examples don’t have anything to do with censorship, not even remotely. You’re being disingenuous. Not to mention “clean” and “free-range” are diametrically opposite.

somethingle234 8y ago

I'm really bored at this Myanmar narrative. Let's get this straight: The Myanmar government and the majority (probably) of Myanmar people hate Rohingya. There's no way Facebook can prevent the violence. And It's just ironic that nobody blames the Myanmar government and the majority of Myanmar people.

bogomipz 8y ago

And the violence in Sri Lanka last spring is also worth mentioning. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/05/facebook-anti-muslim-violence-sri-lanka https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/05/facebo...

Axsuul 8y ago
"The assertion from senior government officials, therefore, that the ban on Facebook put a stop to the violence is inaccurate. Data scientists and researchers have flagged that the block on social media did little to deter the mobs, who found their way around it with ease. While not entirely blameless, Facebook also became an easy scapegoat."

sampo 8y ago

In the 1994 Rwandan genocide, they used a radio station to incite hatred and, well, the genocide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide