Thread by @soychicka

There are so many problems with facebook at this point that it seems this is the optimal solution recommended by a former content moderator:

theverge.com/2019/6/19/1868…

If Facebook was serious about not harming society, they would investigate each video of any acts of violence or criminal actions & both pass the user information directly to the authorities & sue all original posters for the cost of the investigation and the harm to the platform.

They would NEVER permit prohibited videos from being republished- they would run analytics on all videos against content previously found to have violated rules (they've had suitable analytics tech in-house since before 2010 - I know, because I worked on it).

And they've had it for 10 years, but still subject contractors to view the same graphic violence over and over, without filtering out known violations.

I just can't.

Perhaps it's time to regulate this, and enact legislation that mandates violent and criminal activity discovered on the platform be a) reported to LE by the first individual compensated by the company that uncovers it b) hidden from public view [but not invisible to poster ],

and archived with an immutable timestamp to facilitate any subsequent prosecution.

And users of any platform should also be allowed to report content directly to law enforcement, with attached penalties for misusing the system.

There is no reason for this to be perpetuated. And if facebook chooses to not engage like a responsible entity, there's no reason it shouldn't get the death penalty.