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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.
you realize that most controversial, negative and divisive stuff is pushed by corporate media 24/7, right?
Wow, 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.
Some "whistleblower" - seems to think big tech doesn't do enough censorship :p Talk about a wolf in sheeps clothing.
Compared to the broadcast media that preceded it, there's nothing even remotely approaching the obscene, indecent, and profane content restrictions the FCC imposes.
I'm not personally convinced FCC-level restrictions are necessary, but the question is a fair one to ask (and will be asked, again and again, forever... Such is the nature of media and society).
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> Require ID verification I'll pass on putting my personal ID in the hands of an organization that sells data as a business . No matter how many flimsy laws they put in place to ban selling my PII, you'd have to be born yesterday to think that won't just delay the sale this new treasure-trove of information.
>I'll pass on putting my personal ID in the hands of an organization that sells data as a business. I see this as a win for society. The more friction we insert and the more people are discouraged to join these ad-ware social networks the better.
I don't want Facebook fixed and I do want Facebook harmed. I don't want the government to meddle with what types of things people can say online, I want them to ban the business model of stalking people online and selling intimate details of their lives. If the problem is Facebook choosing profits over public good, then cut off the profits. This is obvious.
To me this is a fake story being promoted as a way to further a political narrative. Nothing the whistleblower has revealed is shocking or previously unknown. Yes facebook tweaks an algorithm on your news feed to drive engagement and make money. Yes facebook allows some content that some would consider not to align with mainstream US narratives. My two cents this is an attempt to force facebook to kowtow to the US an…
How it all works is very unknown to the average parent.
This thread seems to think the government needs to function with the logic of this thread in mind.
Pretty entitled to believe you’re the only perspective worth listening to.
Any individual is just “one of seven billion.” Shut the computers off and what perspective do you have that puts you above anyone else?
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I agree that Biden admin is all about censorship. But, after watching her interview, it doesn’t look to me that this whistleblower is.
It seemed like that to me, that's why she spit out everything from harming girls self esteem to ethnic cleansing accusations. She's not a "whistleblower", she's a planted pawn. Facebook hosts user content, they should just come out and say they want to censor user content. If this teenager study is so damning and sound, why aren't we asking ALL social media services to disallow children/teens? Why only focus on the c…
No need to assume conspiracy when simple variety in human opinion will do. I don't personally see any reason to believe she isn't what she seems to be: someone who got a job at Facebook, was deeply horrified by what the company considers perfectly acceptable, and decided to expose it because she expects it will horrify others.
I find it weird for a whistleblower to be so "lib", as the kids say. She said she 'loves' Facebook, and wants to fix it, not harm it. I don't want Facebook fixed and I do want Facebook harmed. I don't want the government to meddle with what types of things people can say online, I want them to ban the business model of stalking people online and selling intimate details of their lives. If the problem is Facebook choo…
- People don't like it when others say (or provide a platform for) things they disagree with.
- Teenagers are angsty and emotionally/physically insecure.
But surely the above is something an unelected bureaucrat can fix if we only give them enough money.
What's the solution tho?
Dismantle social media entirely. Last few years have proven that we cannot function as a forward thinking society when memes are believed over proper sourced science. Warning labels are proof enough that folks cannot be left to their own devices.
Last few years have proven that most people have a fundamental misunderstanding of basic concepts.