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https://about.fb.com/news/2018/11/myanmar-hria/ https://about.fb.com/news/2018/11/myanmar-hria/ https://systemicjustice.org/article/facebook-and-genocide-how-f

• exe34 2y ago
  > The report concludes that, prior to this year, we weren’t doing enough to help prevent our platform from being used to foment division and incite offline violence. We agree that we can and should do more. people have been genociding their neighbours since before we were people. if it wasn't Facebook, they would have used something else. do you also support to banning e2e and having big brother reading everybody's communications? because if you don't, then anybody can organise a genocide without the authorities being able to stop them.
  • homarp 2y ago
    you don't need to decode a message to decide it's a mass repost. See https://faq.whatsapp.com/1053543185312573 https://faq.whatsapp.com/1053543185312573 for example. Social media 'amplifies' trends, or even "makes" trend. "The algorithm" is optimized for 'engagement'. The questions are a) can you detect via metadata something is happening and 'cool down' the amplification b) can you de-amplify anger? c) what is the responsibility of "the algorithm" makers ?
    • exe34 2y ago
      so people who are so determined to genocide their neighbours are going to say oh damn, this juicy little "fact" about the other sort of person has already been shared 5 times and the algorithm won't let me forward it again, oh well, no genociding today.