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Should 'everyone' incl. the cousin Ray be on one single platform? Platform size matters here, Because when 40% of the population of a under-developed country a
by Abishek_Muthian 5y ago
Should 'everyone' incl. the cousin Ray be on one single platform?
Platform size matters here, Because when 40% of the population of a under-developed country are one social platform and use as a gateway for Internet it becomes a viable genocide aiding tool, Because when 70% of the population of a developed country use one platform it becomes a viable election interference tool.
When a private entity has accumulated such power, then it goes against the ethos of democracy.
People made noise about FB being used to commit genocide and it is now proactively blocking friend lists in countries where there could be targeted violence, Agencies investigated FB's role in election interference and now it's taking proactive approach to vet political ads.
Constant vigil over such powerful private entities and calling it out is the last option left to defend the well-being of the society at large.
- Abishek_Muthian 5y agoSources: [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-facebook-idUSKCN1GO2PN https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-facebook... [2] https://money.cnn.com/2016/11/19/technology/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-fake-news-election/ https://money.cnn.com/2016/11/19/technology/mark-zuckerberg-...
- AlbertCory 5y agoYou seem to have misunderstand the posting completely and addressed a different problem altogether. I'm not gainsaying anything you said, but it would be better as a top-level comment. It has nothing to do with what I said.