3 ms·

I don't think giving some people special privileges that allows them to post revenge porn which ruins people's lives is the best they can do. I don't think allo

I don't think giving some people special privileges that allows them to post revenge porn which ruins people's lives is the best they can do. I don't think allowing ads that they know are contributing to sex slavery is the best they can do. I definitely don't think allowing governments to organize genocide on their platform is the best they can do. Their constraints are not impossible. They've just got to realize that their algorithm to detect rule breaking doesn't work and they need to hire minimum 100,000 moderators.

whymauri 5y ago
One just has to read the leaks of internal employee messages to realize that FB is clearly not doing the best they can do. Literally by admission of their own employees. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/facebook-papers-democracy-election-zuckerberg/620478/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/facebook-p...
aierou 5y ago
Your own examples cover a broad range of social and political issues that even the savviest state governments struggle to navigate. How could anyone possibly moderate for such delicate and complex expectations? 100,000 moderators? Perhaps our demands for censorship are what is unreasonable.
- colinmhayes 5y ago
  Facebook can easily afford 100,000 moderators. But that's not even the problem. Facebook knew they were causing the genocide in Myanmar. They knew they were contributing to sex slavery in Ethiopia. They decided not to solve those problems because they were concerned about the effect it would have on engagement. If they don't want to do what it takes to make their platform safe they should expect legal intervention.
slownews45 5y ago
Is govt doing a good job with this stuff off of facebook? I know plenty of folks who really had trouble getting even govt action on all sorts of harm (revenge porn / various internet scams). I really hope at least govt can deliver on this stuff reliably - the risk is folks will lose faith in govt rather than these big companies (google / apple / whatsapp / instagram etc).

whymauri 5y ago

One just has to read the leaks of internal employee messages to realize that FB is clearly not doing the best they can do. Literally by admission of their own employees. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/facebook-papers-democracy-election-zuckerberg/620478/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/facebook-p...

aierou 5y ago

Your own examples cover a broad range of social and political issues that even the savviest state governments struggle to navigate. How could anyone possibly moderate for such delicate and complex expectations? 100,000 moderators? Perhaps our demands for censorship are what is unreasonable.

colinmhayes 5y ago
Facebook can easily afford 100,000 moderators. But that's not even the problem. Facebook knew they were causing the genocide in Myanmar. They knew they were contributing to sex slavery in Ethiopia. They decided not to solve those problems because they were concerned about the effect it would have on engagement. If they don't want to do what it takes to make their platform safe they should expect legal intervention.

slownews45 5y ago

Is govt doing a good job with this stuff off of facebook? I know plenty of folks who really had trouble getting even govt action on all sorts of harm (revenge porn / various internet scams). I really hope at least govt can deliver on this stuff reliably - the risk is folks will lose faith in govt rather than these big companies (google / apple / whatsapp / instagram etc).