But one thing I'll PLEAD with Facebook, @Google, and @twitter to do - release some numbers so people can understand how hard content moderation is. Release stuff like:
- How many millions of posts are created each day
- How many AI flags as dangerous
- How many users flag...
@Google @Twitter - How many platform staff flag
- How many posts get human moderators see/make decisions on

People really don't understand this and how many millions of posts there are to moderate. And how only after you get through the super illegal dangerous stuff, can you even think about...
...viewpoints or whatever.

And explain to people what happens if your moderators stop or even just police stuff 10% over the line and ignore all that's on it. I know what happens, but I think people and Congress need to hear this all from platforms.
Government requests to remove content transparencyreport.google.com/government-rem…
My point isn't that platforms ought to be immune from criticism, but that to understand everything, you REALLY need to understand what content moderation entails. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of posts
I'm not even kidding - I once did community management (basically content moderation, for our purposes) for a candidate years ago, and messed up DAY 1. It's a hard as hell job
And finally, replied to my tweets here have said the obvious solution is:

- Don't moderate any content, even illegal
- Only moderate illegal content
- Moderate illegal and bad content

ALMOST like everyone disagrees so yelling at platforms to be inhumanly flawless is idiotic
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