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Rising political opposition and talk of government intervention in companies like Facebook and Twitter is very much a threat to the future stability and ROI of
by DoughnutHole 4y ago
Rising political opposition and talk of government intervention in companies like Facebook and Twitter is very much a threat to the future stability and ROI of said companies. Fewer and fewer people buy the argument that "The Algorithm" just does what it does and isn't influenced by its builder.
As political discourse and more elections are swayed by rage-bait and disinformation pumped into voters retinas by these platforms, the political risks to these platforms and their bottom line will increase (and become wildly unpredictable).
ML ethics and accountability is beneficial to both society and to any company which has an interest in self-preservation.
- xiphias2 4y agoI suggest people who are interested in the details to listen to this podcast, it details how politics get into the shareholder meetings. [Stephan Livera Podcast] SLP421 Vivek Ramaswamy - The Antidote to Corporate Woke-ism https://podcastaddict.com/episode/146353684 https://podcastaddict.com/episode/146353684
- tiahura 4y agoPeople who talk about regulation of social media should spend 5 minutes reviewing the Supreme Courts’ approach to regulating speech over the last 25 years. Never going to happen.
- ceejayoz 4y agoSpending even one minute reviewing the Supreme Court's 25 year history would discover a fairly significant shift in its makeup recently.