All these techbros tell themselves tech is neutral so they can hoover up all the money they circumvent from "content creators" and pocket what they get for pushing disinfo on behalf of specific entities, and still sleep at night
And now perhaps you see why I tried to pull Snopes out of the Facebook partnership within six months and why I finally spoke out, even though it was one of the most terrifying things I've ever done. They don't give a fuck about any of us.
theguardian.com/technology/201…
theguardian.com/technology/201…
They fucked up journalism by giving already money-starved newsrooms what looked like a way out -- if they pivoted to video. I thought it was bullshit from the get-go, but had no proof. As it turned out, Facebook didn't either. But they haven't even apologized for their lies
Instead, they make journalism groups dance like marionettes by doling out little allowances here and there, provided those groups behave
spj.org/facebook.asp
spj.org/facebook.asp
