Facebook continues to be complicit with right wing violence. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/kenosha-militia-facebook-reported-455-times-moderators
Facebook continues to be complicit with defamation; “(Webster) had taken action in the court after Facebook had initially failed to take action…” https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/31/australian-mp-installed-security-cameras-out-of-genuine-fear-after-attacks-by-conspiracy-theorist-court-hears
“Facebook is broken. Another performative announcement by (our) leadership not intended to address any issues” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-trump-post-voting-twice
“Facebook is hazardous to our collective health - short term dopamine laden feedback loops that we created are destroying how society works” - Former Facebook VP https://pca.st/episode/d4e844c4-4328-456e-8244-aa9007b45136
“You outsource things you don’t care about.” Facebook outsources content moderation
“It’s the story of Facebook abdicating responsibility for malign activities on its platform that could affect the political fate of nations” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-ignore-political-manipulation-whistleblower-memo
“The products were launched, and the metrics were up — it had all been a grand success.” https://www.theverge.com/21444203/facebook-leaked-audio-zuckerberg-trump-pandemic-blm
Makes sense for their appalling “ecosystem” https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/sep/30/facebook-merges-messenger-chat-service-with-instagram
Your reminder that YouTube’s stretch goal of 1 billion hours viewing in 2016 indirectly led to growth in fascist content being recommended to viewers https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/1/21495497/facebook-groups-public-search-relevant-discussion-moderation-update