Facebook’s Secret Rulebook for Global Political Speech

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 1:13 AM UTC

nradov wrote: post #10

mc32 wrote: post #4

They can’t have this responsibility. It gives them too much centralized power and fails to devolve power locally where people are better fit to understanding the audience and the content. I really think the answer is in localized, community-based moderation (with appeals to localized corp) like forums used to be. Obviously that goes against their will to control every aspect of their platform.

Well there are localized social networks in countries where Facebook is blocked or just unpopular. WeChat in China, VKontakte in Russia. I'm not sure that's any better? What does localized even mean anymore, and who should decide whether someone is sufficiently "local" to qualify as a moderator?

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 1:16 AM UTC

makosdv wrote: post #8

The thing that troubles me the most is the hubris of Facebook to think that they can even attempt to define and enforce speech codes. It is their site, so they can do what they want, but I can also do what I want and not use it. Given Facebook's massive drop in stock price this year, it seems like their investors think Facebook is following the wrong path as well.

Post by gojomo » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 1:19 AM UTC

bduerst wrote: post #3

While the individual examples listed here are not good, what is the false-positive and false-negative rates for FB's method of censorship? Globally scaling hate-speech censorship is a problem that many content websites (Youtube, Twitter, etc.) face. This article with it's leaked deck and false-positive examples seems like it's trying to generate shock at "how the sausage gets made". Any process involving humans will…

Post by vkou » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 1:20 AM UTC

nradov wrote: post #10

mc32 wrote: post #4

They can’t have this responsibility. It gives them too much centralized power and fails to devolve power locally where people are better fit to understanding the audience and the content. I really think the answer is in localized, community-based moderation (with appeals to localized corp) like forums used to be. Obviously that goes against their will to control every aspect of their platform.

Well there are localized social networks in countries where Facebook is blocked or just unpopular. WeChat in China, VKontakte in Russia. I'm not sure that's any better? What does localized even mean anymore, and who should decide whether someone is sufficiently "local" to qualify as a moderator?

Post by village-idiot » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 1:21 AM UTC

general8bitso wrote: post #6

mc32 wrote: post #4

They can’t have this responsibility. It gives them too much centralized power and fails to devolve power locally where people are better fit to understanding the audience and the content. I really think the answer is in localized, community-based moderation (with appeals to localized corp) like forums used to be. Obviously that goes against their will to control every aspect of their platform.

Agreed. We need online communities.