Whistleblower to Congress: Facebook products harm kids and democracy
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#2Alternative livefeed from nytimes: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/10/05/technology/facebook-...
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#3Some "whistleblower" - seems to think big tech doesn't do enough censorship :p
Talk about a wolf in sheeps clothing.
Re: Whistleblower to Congress: Facebook products harm kids and democracy
#4Alternative livefeed from nytimes: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/10/05/technology/facebook-...
There is a livefeed in the Guardian too [1] that isn't paywalled.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/live/2021/oct/05/face...
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#5Wow, what a headline, "can someone please think of the children?" and "we must protect our democracy!" combined into one. Well, I guess it's a good tactics to say something like that to the Congress to kinda force them to do something.
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#6Some "whistleblower" - seems to think big tech doesn't do enough censorship :p Talk about a wolf in sheeps clothing.
this isn’t about censorship. It is about newsfeed algorithms which optimize “engagement”. As it turns out negative, controversial and divisive stuff is more engaging.
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#7What's the solution tho?
Re: Whistleblower to Congress: Facebook products harm kids and democracy
#8Some "whistleblower" - seems to think big tech doesn't do enough censorship :p Talk about a wolf in sheeps clothing.
this isn’t about censorship. It is about newsfeed algorithms which optimize “engagement”. As it turns out negative, controversial and divisive stuff is more engaging.
It is about censorship. The Biden admin has repeatedly made it obvious they don't think FB etc are deleting enough and the feds will have to step in soon.
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#9Welcome in 2015. No kids use facebook anymore
Re: Whistleblower to Congress: Facebook products harm kids and democracy
#10Some "whistleblower" - seems to think big tech doesn't do enough censorship :p Talk about a wolf in sheeps clothing.
Precisely. This "whistleblower" is just crying to government for more censorship. Thank you very much.