Facebook owner Meta sued for inciting hatred in Ethiopia
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Re: Facebook owner Meta sued for inciting hatred in Ethiopia
#2it was about time!
kudos to the promoters
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#4Frivolous lawsuit. Hope it fails.
Re: Facebook owner Meta sued for inciting hatred in Ethiopia
#5Frivolous lawsuit. Hope it fails.
What about it is frivolous exactly?
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Re: Facebook owner Meta sued for inciting hatred in Ethiopia
#7Re: Facebook owner Meta sued for inciting hatred in Ethiopia
#8Frivolous lawsuit. Hope it fails.
Is it more of less frivolous than the time Facebook helped organise a genocide?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebo...
Re: Facebook owner Meta sued for inciting hatred in Ethiopia
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
What about it is frivolous exactly?
A civil suit for $2 billion which alleges that Facebook's algorithm promoted popular posts with lots of engagement more than it promoted unpopular posts is frivolous and deserves to be tossed.
It resulted in death. That seems a key detail. Do you think that aspect matters?
It was raised with them, they didn’t act and someone died. They have no responsibility for spreading death threats?
If that content is ok, what content is not ok?
Re: Facebook owner Meta sued for inciting hatred in Ethiopia
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
A civil suit for $2 billion which alleges that Facebook's algorithm promoted popular posts with lots of engagement more than it promoted unpopular posts is frivolous and deserves to be tossed.
It resulted in death. That seems a key detail. Do you think that aspect matters? It was raised with them, they didn’t act and someone died. They have no responsibility for spreading death threats? If that content is ok, what content is not ok?
The article expressly states that violent content is not allowed and was actively policed. Facebook moderators are not fully omniscient and omnipresent. That is not grounds for a $2 billion lawsuit. That fact that people died is sad, but ultimately immaterial to the arguments here considered.