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Facebook alters and manages the information flow to drive its commercial agenda. When it started doing that it lost the defence of being a neutral distribution
by sgt101 7y ago
Facebook alters and manages the information flow to drive its commercial agenda. When it started doing that it lost the defence of being a neutral distribution platform like the mail service.
- amelius 7y agoBut people clearly want to see what's popular in their own bubble. Facebook just gives people what they want.
- sgt101 7y agoLike heroin dealers? Because people want it doesn't mean that it can be part of a stable society.
- amelius 7y agoI don't think the "data addiction" angle has much to do with the problem that is being discussed here.
- trickstra 7y agoAt this point, deciding what is or isn't part of a stable society, is just anyone's opinion. We don't have that much science describing which types of information are making society stable or not, we can't even tell those types apart and we don't have any science showing that living under censorship is better for society. So comparing the popularity of fake news with heroin is a stretch. Why are we focusing on the platform anyway? We know who doctored the video, we know who published it to facebook... why are we not punishing the real origin?