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I’m not sure if you actually read the article but it was written with the whistleblower who was literally a data scientist and kept pointing out how easy it was
by mhoad 6y ago
I’m not sure if you actually read the article but it was written with the whistleblower who was literally a data scientist and kept pointing out how easy it was to clearly identify (and therefore stop) these cases in question. They weren’t sophisticated in any way. The problem here wasn’t that it was difficult, it’s because Facebook had no incentive to care
- gregasquith 6y agoThe quote “There is a lot of harm being done on Facebook that is not being responded to because it is not considered enough of a PR risk to Facebook,” kind of sums it up!
- bsenftner 6y agoThat's a textbook definition of institutional evil.
- franklampard 6y agoa data scientist fired for poor performance
- mhoad 6y agoMaking an argument that even the person who was supposedly fired for poor performance was STILL able to find what she found with almost zero effort on her behalf isn’t the compelling argument you seem to imagine it to be.
- m-p-3 6y agoWhich can be used as an excuse to dismiss her without putting Facebook in trouble for discrimination or retribution.
- fakedang 6y agoA data scientist fired for poor performance because she didn't perform some perfunctory tasks while she dedicated herself to investigating and uncovering all these fake bots.