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That line was exactly where I lost interest as well. This author is stating that Facebook should make it's own decisions about harmful content, and that facebo
by horsawlarway 8y ago
That line was exactly where I lost interest as well.
This author is stating that Facebook should make it's own decisions about harmful content, and that facebook should ALSO be accountable to some other entity for those decisions (presumably the government, but who fucking knows based on the content of the article...). While happily saying that creating any sort of governmental guidance on that issue is "a legal and ethical minefield".
That's bullshit. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Either create guidelines that steer company decisions here and apply them, or accept that companies will make decisions that do not match the author's idea of morality.
You cannot judge a company without setting standards. You cannot let a company judge itself and expect them to make the decisions you think are correct.
- laughinghan 8y agoWell, legal accountability isn't the only kind of accountability. This is Bloomberg we're talking about, after all. This article links to their piece criticizing GDPR, which they say is all wrong because the solution to privacy problems is "transparent pricing and more competition". So I think maybe what they're saying here is that Facebook needs to exercise judgement and be accountable to the market. I don't think I really agree with them, but it's a coherent, internally consistent point, and on-brand for Bloomberg.