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I see a moral obligation that they use part of the shit ton of money they made to help solve the problems. Endowing them with policing responsibility is a false
by AnthonBerg 8y ago
I see a moral obligation that they use part of the shit ton of money they made to help solve the problems. Endowing them with policing responsibility is a false dilemma. There are other things to do: It’s a question of education, not policing.
- lotsofpulp 8y agoEducating the public isn’t Facebook’s job, that’s the government’s job (and by proxy, our job as voters and members of society) to ensure we educate our children and neighbors and promote research. Unfortunately, it seems that people aren’t capable properly of wielding the power democracy gives them.
- AnthonBerg 8y agoIt’s kind of hard to claim that something is some entity’s job, or not. It is “not their job” as in it is unreasonable to expect Facebook to start educating its users out of the blue. However, it’s easy to argue that it’s better for Facebook’s bottom line in many respects if their user base is more effective at navigating life and surviving. And also, it can be made their job if we so desire.
- Gatsky 8y agoYes. Society lets corps get away with blue murder. We let them make huge amounts of money, at our expense: Tobacco companies Weapon makers Oil companies And they all sponsor powerful lobbies to screw up things even more, which we also allow. The EU fines google for the order that links appear on a page, but they let tobacco companies kill people at our expense free of charge.
- raxxorrax 8y agoIn a way, that is still shooting the messenger. Or the messengers car to be more exact. Facebook just mirrors society at large. At least those parts, that would use it in such a way in the first place. Unfortunately, I don't think moral obligations apply to our current economic system.