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As a technologist, to me this is technology being disruptive without sufficient control. In this case disruptive to human communication. And FB doesn't also hav

by ncr100 5y ago

As a technologist, to me this is technology being disruptive without sufficient control. In this case disruptive to human communication. And FB doesn't also have a comprehensive suite of human ethics sufficiently in their loop. Why did FB do this: She identified a disconnect between the FB Civic Engagement team recommendations and FB acting on those recommendations, in one of the 60 Minutes videos. She says people at FB aren't trying to be evil, however: > "... also detailed how she says Facebook quickly disbanded its civic integrity team — responsible for protecting the democratic process and tackling misinformation — after the 2020 U.S. election." What ethics does FB corporation stand for, factually? [Spare the cynical "profit" ethic - other than that.] Is it "connecting people for .. " some reason? Today's hearings indicate an evolution to COPPA, at the least, may be a legal outcome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvYB9_PR3sQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvYB9_PR3sQ

darkwizard42 5y ago
I mean disbanding the civic integrity team after a huge civic event seems reasonable? It could have been the team was more of a task force and comes together when large events occur. We don't really have any/much insight into how they spun up a war room for the 2020 election. A related situation might be how Lyft/Uber have massive war rooms and special ops teams to handle Halloween and New Years (massive heavy traffic events on these platforms). There is a special ops team and several marketplace teams that get pulled in, but they get "disbanded" and go work on more standard things after
- shkkmo 5y ago
  Unless that civic event had significant unresolved elements such as the failure of the sitting president to actually concede the election but rather to contest it. And it's not like Facebook isn't a global company that deals with a more or less constant deluge of important elections in many countries.

by ncr100 5y ago

darkwizard42 5y ago

I mean disbanding the civic integrity team after a huge civic event seems reasonable? It could have been the team was more of a task force and comes together when large events occur. We don't really have any/much insight into how they spun up a war room for the 2020 election. A related situation might be how Lyft/Uber have massive war rooms and special ops teams to handle Halloween and New Years (massive heavy traffic events on these platforms). There is a special ops team and several marketplace teams that get pulled in, but they get "disbanded" and go work on more standard things after

shkkmo 5y ago
Unless that civic event had significant unresolved elements such as the failure of the sitting president to actually concede the election but rather to contest it. And it's not like Facebook isn't a global company that deals with a more or less constant deluge of important elections in many countries.