Facebook's new 'Board for Content Decisions' may help people affected at a practical level in some way, but:
1) This is not democracy.
2) FB can continue to mess with social+info intermediation for growth and profit while getting rid of the blame for nasty moderation stuff.
1) This is not democracy.
2) FB can continue to mess with social+info intermediation for growth and profit while getting rid of the blame for nasty moderation stuff.
Perhaps it also makes some sense on a (geo)political level (short-term) and some board members may even demand some changes in Facebook's business practices some day.
Anyway, FB as a utility-scale platform will remain a toxic and unaccountable entity that has far too much power.
Anyway, FB as a utility-scale platform will remain a toxic and unaccountable entity that has far too much power.
I'd be especially interested how much has FB invested in setting up this seemingly impressive 'global input process' for the global 'oversight board'?
- 3 months worth of net income?
- 1 month worth of net income?
- 1 week worth of net income?
- 3 months worth of net income?
- 1 month worth of net income?
- 1 week worth of net income?
