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Yeah but Facebook is eager to take on the moderator role. They would have been much smarter to, like a radio provider or telco say: "we are just the pipeline, w
by anm89 5y ago
Yeah but Facebook is eager to take on the moderator role. They would have been much smarter to, like a radio provider or telco say: "we are just the pipeline, we are happy to follow all court orders but we aren't moderating past that", but now that they have actively embraced these kind of moderator roles they've lost the ability to make that claim.
- crate_barre 5y agoThat’s a great point, and one can argue that there are lower hanging fruit with respect to this hill they’ve chose to die on. Lots of inconclusive stuff got moderated down about Covid (origins, vaccine discussions, masks, so on) by both YouTube and Facebook. It feels like that’s a way easier case to win initially than proving genocide.
- nradov 5y agoFacebook moderates content heavily because that's what advertisers want. The major ad buyers don't want their ads to show up next to anything highly offensive. So no, from a profit standpoint it wouldn't be smarter to stop moderating.
- anm89 5y agoI agree however time will tell if caving was the best business move. They had a ton of leverage and they could have said no. Now they have opened themselves to essentially unlimited legal liability.
- kelseyfrog 5y agoYes, we understand the incentives. My kids want to stay up past their bedtime, but I still say no because of the consequences the next day. I'm sure you agree that simply because someone wants you to do something it has no bearing on whether it was the correct choice or not.