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One could argue the societal harm from social media could be directly linked to mass events such as https://www.wired.com/story/how-facebooks-rise-fueled-chaos-
by ipython 2y ago
One could argue the societal harm from social media could be directly linked to mass events such as https://www.wired.com/story/how-facebooks-rise-fueled-chaos-and-confusion-in-myanmar/ https://www.wired.com/story/how-facebooks-rise-fueled-chaos-..., https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014292121001252 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00142..., and more.
The diffuse nature of the after effects of faang engineers actions make them harder to prosecute, but potentially much more devastating than even the tragedy of two airline crashes.
- thmsths 2y agoI don't necessarily disagree (although it is extremely hard to quantify the effects of small but widespread harm). But what I am saying is that the FAANG engineer is NOT responsible. The CEO is.
- sensanaty 2y agoYou won't find me disagreeing with tossing Zucc in jail and losing the keys.