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The Mashable article seems to be sources from a Reuters article. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/12/us-usa-internet-predators-idUSBRE86B05G20120712 http:

The Mashable article seems to be sources from a Reuters article. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/12/us-usa-internet-predators-idUSBRE86B05G20120712 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/12/us-usa-internet-pr... The program does appear to focus on sexual predators. Mashable quotes Facebook as stating “where appropriate and to the extent required by law to ensure the safety of the people who use Facebook" Can anyone speak to whether or not proactive scanning could possible be required by law? It seems entirely unlikely, but IANAL.

joering2 14y ago
the problem lays within who decide who is a "sexual predator", who is not. I can assure you if this is left without governance, it will be very easy to slip in you and me and label as as predators as well. For example, you hold a hand of your 6-year old nephew when walking back from school when picking him up, per your sister request. In Facebook standards, you may already be a "sexual predator". I hope you see where I am going with this...
- Jach 14y ago
  When everyone's a sexual predator, no one is.
  - joering2 14y ago
    When everyone's sexual predator, EXCEPT the elite that decided on who's sexual predator, then everyone EXCEPT elite goes to jail.
    - Jach 14y ago
      Some sex offenders have avoided jail time. Florida has an interesting comparison of the terms[1]. How large is the pool of "elite" you're talking about? I don't think a size of over 10,000 deserves the term (so about 0.0033... percent of the US population if we limit to there) and I'd lean more toward a max of 500 (0.000166...%). It's at least a fun thought-experiment: how low can you go before the economy collapses and/or those in charge can't keep the prisoners or slaves in line or fed? Even back in the days of US slavery, only two states had slightly more slaves than non-slaves[2]. [1] http://sheriff.org/faqs/displayfaq.cfm?id=54934ef5-c69b-4771-9035-cd5d75b5554d http://sheriff.org/faqs/displayfaq.cfm?id=54934ef5-c69b-4771... [2] http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_ratio_for_slaves_to_slave_owners_in1831 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_ratio_for_slaves_to_s...

joering2 14y ago

the problem lays within who decide who is a "sexual predator", who is not. I can assure you if this is left without governance, it will be very easy to slip in you and me and label as as predators as well. For example, you hold a hand of your 6-year old nephew when walking back from school when picking him up, per your sister request. In Facebook standards, you may already be a "sexual predator". I hope you see where I am going with this...

Jach 14y ago
When everyone's a sexual predator, no one is.
- joering2 14y ago
  When everyone's sexual predator, EXCEPT the elite that decided on who's sexual predator, then everyone EXCEPT elite goes to jail.
  - Jach 14y ago
    Some sex offenders have avoided jail time. Florida has an interesting comparison of the terms[1]. How large is the pool of "elite" you're talking about? I don't think a size of over 10,000 deserves the term (so about 0.0033... percent of the US population if we limit to there) and I'd lean more toward a max of 500 (0.000166...%). It's at least a fun thought-experiment: how low can you go before the economy collapses and/or those in charge can't keep the prisoners or slaves in line or fed? Even back in the days of US slavery, only two states had slightly more slaves than non-slaves[2]. [1] http://sheriff.org/faqs/displayfaq.cfm?id=54934ef5-c69b-4771-9035-cd5d75b5554d http://sheriff.org/faqs/displayfaq.cfm?id=54934ef5-c69b-4771... [2] http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_ratio_for_slaves_to_slave_owners_in1831 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_ratio_for_slaves_to_s...