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I wonder if this is greed or negligence. Last year it was reported that Facebook failed to remove anti Muslim content in India, another country rife with ethni

I wonder if this is greed or negligence. Last year it was reported that Facebook failed to remove anti Muslim content in India, another country rife with ethnic tensions. India also happens to have Facebook's largest user base.

Taters91 5y ago
It's greed. At this point, they have been in more than one country that has used their product to advance genocide. Gross negligence, apathy, greed.
AnonHP 5y ago
Corruption is what it is. i recall there being news reports in the past about how Facebook didn’t do anything even when content was reported by users. Facebook likes the money coming from ads but is unwilling to care enough. It’s a sick company run by perverse incentives.
hef19898 5y ago
It could be both, couldn't it?
AlexandrB 5y ago
I recall reading somewhere that Facebook's non-english moderation staff is much smaller in number than their English counterparts so this does not surprise me. Hopefully bad press like this gets them to hire a number of moderators that's appropriate for the user base in each language. Ah, here: https://multilingual.com/facebook-linguistic-gaps-allow-hate-speech-to-spread-dont-match-demographic-realities/ https://multilingual.com/facebook-linguistic-gaps-allow-hate...
cies 5y ago
> greed or negligence greed breeds negligence
annadane 5y ago
Both. It's Facebook. It's Zuckerberg in charge.
ankit219 5y ago
I doubt it's any of the two. At the scale they operate, they will have multi level checks - automated and manual. Some automated checks would approve the ad, and then if the ad is getting a huge reach and engagement, they may have a manual user to look at it again, and probably disapprove it. Same with how some images can be posted, and then removed later if they get good engagement > The group pulled the ads before they were posted or paid for This is just a way to create buzz about an upcoming study/report at Facebook's expense. I don't like Facebook, but if they/AP were really serious, we could see the report and look at the way they executed the whole experiment. The other data point is that how many did they try, cos as far as I know, they use AI to detect text on images. Probably not that effective in Thailand's local language. One other aspect here, while Facebook deserves no sympathy, let's not forget misses happen even with editorial oversights. Let's not forget how NYT exclusive about nuclear weapons in Iraq was the final trigger for the war, and that report was false.

Taters91 5y ago

It's greed. At this point, they have been in more than one country that has used their product to advance genocide. Gross negligence, apathy, greed.

AnonHP 5y ago

Corruption is what it is. i recall there being news reports in the past about how Facebook didn’t do anything even when content was reported by users. Facebook likes the money coming from ads but is unwilling to care enough. It’s a sick company run by perverse incentives.

hef19898 5y ago

It could be both, couldn't it?

AlexandrB 5y ago

I recall reading somewhere that Facebook's non-english moderation staff is much smaller in number than their English counterparts so this does not surprise me. Hopefully bad press like this gets them to hire a number of moderators that's appropriate for the user base in each language. Ah, here: https://multilingual.com/facebook-linguistic-gaps-allow-hate-speech-to-spread-dont-match-demographic-realities/ https://multilingual.com/facebook-linguistic-gaps-allow-hate...

cies 5y ago

> greed or negligence greed breeds negligence

annadane 5y ago

Both. It's Facebook. It's Zuckerberg in charge.

ankit219 5y ago

I doubt it's any of the two. At the scale they operate, they will have multi level checks - automated and manual. Some automated checks would approve the ad, and then if the ad is getting a huge reach and engagement, they may have a manual user to look at it again, and probably disapprove it. Same with how some images can be posted, and then removed later if they get good engagement > The group pulled the ads before they were posted or paid for This is just a way to create buzz about an upcoming study/report at Facebook's expense. I don't like Facebook, but if they/AP were really serious, we could see the report and look at the way they executed the whole experiment. The other data point is that how many did they try, cos as far as I know, they use AI to detect text on images. Probably not that effective in Thailand's local language. One other aspect here, while Facebook deserves no sympathy, let's not forget misses happen even with editorial oversights. Let's not forget how NYT exclusive about nuclear weapons in Iraq was the final trigger for the war, and that report was false.