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For what it’s worth, if Facebook is unable to exist without potentially being a catalyst of hate and genocide then maybe it shouldn’t exist. https://www.amnest
by aaomidi 4y ago
For what it’s worth, if Facebook is unable to exist without potentially being a catalyst of hate and genocide then maybe it shouldn’t exist.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/myanmar-facebooks-systems-promoted-violence-against-rohingya-meta-owes-reparations-new-report/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/myanmar-faceb...
- hulitu 4y agoA lot of PR companies would like to dissagree with you (hello Cambridge Analytica).
- Manuel_D 4y agoYou could say the same about SMS, or IRC. Or even traditional radio for that matter: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Libre_des_Mille_Collines https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_L...
- rightbyte 4y agoNeither of those manipulate any "feed".
- Manuel_D 4y agoYes, they can. Ordering by time is still a "feed" - a simple one, but it's a feed nonetheless. Many modern phones surface messages from frequent contacts up to the top, above more recent messages from low-frequency contacts. That's also a "feed". Furthermore, most of the calls to violence were made over Facebook messenger which is arguably a lot more like SMS and IRC. I find the argument that Facebook's feed was significant to hold little water. People will coordinate with whatever communication mechanisms they have access to. In the past this was SMS, and even further into the past this was radio. Do we forget the Balkans, Rwanda, and plenty of other atrocities that predate widespread adoption of social media.
- rightbyte 4y agoYe well I agree.