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Yes, the question really is are they liable for the violence that's produced through their algorithms?
by lancesells 6y ago
Yes, the question really is are they liable for the violence that's produced through their algorithms?
- XorNot 6y agoOr you know, as US based companies with large US citizen workforces and executives, they possibly have some actual strong opinions about a despotic regime taking over their country.
- thatguy0900 6y agoFacebook has actively known they were inciting extremism on both sides forever. They do it on purpose to make more money. If Zuckerberg does care, it's apparently not very much and only to save himself from jail or the chopping block.
- tannhaeuser 6y agoThat would've been plausible until before last Wednesday. But, considering the only rational explanation for those events seems a plan to apply the provisions of the Insurrection Act to prevent the act of formal election, waiting until after the failure of such plan seems opportunistic and not supportive of your interpretation.
- phs318u 6y ago> the violence that's produced through their algorithms I'm sorry, but please justify or rephrase this. People chose to do violent things. Social media may indeed be an accelerant, but someone kept providing fuel and someone was asking "my kingdom for a match!" (or more accurately, "a match for my kingdom!"). And in response, a large number were prepared to provide matches and light fires.
- aeortiz 6y agoThe day they replaced our time-based feeds to display more ads via algorithms, the clock started ticking...the alarm is now ringing.