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> Abrham Amare, a researcher and son of chemistry professor Meareg Amare, said that his father was targeted by a series of threatening posts because he was ethn
by barbazoo 4y ago
> Abrham Amare, a researcher and son of chemistry professor Meareg Amare, said that his father was targeted by a series of threatening posts because he was ethnically Tigrayan. He reported the posts, some of them shared over 50,000 times, to Facebook because they contained his father's address and called for his death.
> Eight days after the elder Amare was murdered, Facebook finally removed the post, according to the researcher.
Doesn't sound like they "actively policed" the content sufficiently.
- metamann 4y agoWho determines sufficiency (well, a jury here…)? If an ethnic conflict occurs in a relatively obscure region are they going to spin up new moderators on the AWS spot market? These things aren’t perfect or fast.
- cyberphobe 4y agoThe discussion wasn't about perfection, it was about whether this was a "frivolous lawsuit", which it obviously is not. You probably knew this, metamann, brand new account which has only commented in this thread about how Facebook's inaction lead to death.
- phendrenad2 4y ago> Doesn't sound like they "actively policed" the content sufficiently See that's the problem with omniscience, you kind of need it to police EVERYTHING. Something will always make it through.