Joel Kaplan’s Policy Team Sways Big Facebook Decisions Like Alex Jones Ban
“Internal documents & interviews with 14 current and former employees show how the company’s policy team — guided by Joel Kaplan, the vice president of global public policy”...
buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanma…
“Internal documents & interviews with 14 current and former employees show how the company’s policy team — guided by Joel Kaplan, the vice president of global public policy”...
buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanma…
“And Zuckerberg’s whims exerted outsize influence while obstructing content moderation decisions, stymieing product rollouts, and intervening on behalf of popular conservative figures who have violated Facebook’s rules.”...
“In December, a former core data scientist wrote a memo titled, “Political Influences on Content Policy.” Seen by BuzzFeed News, the memo stated that Kaplan’s policy team “regularly protects powerful constituencies” and listed several examples,...”
“...including: removing penalties for misinformation from right-wing pages, blunting attempts to improve content quality in News Feed, and briefly blocking a proposal to stop recommending political groups ahead of the US election.”
A Facebook Integrity Researcher
“Out of fears over potential public and policy stakeholder responses, we are knowingly exposing users to risks of integrity,” they wrote in an internal note seen by BuzzFeed News. They quit in August.
“Out of fears over potential public and policy stakeholder responses, we are knowingly exposing users to risks of integrity,” they wrote in an internal note seen by BuzzFeed News. They quit in August.
Facebook is burning every political bridge,
In Feed Recommendations (IFRs) were NOT supposed to recommend political content.
But it did. How else could the like of Ben Shapiro content appear their automatic feed, despite NEVER engaging with him?
Fear of accusations of shadow banning was the argument trailed.
Pathetic
But it did. How else could the like of Ben Shapiro content appear their automatic feed, despite NEVER engaging with him?
Fear of accusations of shadow banning was the argument trailed.
Pathetic
Has Facebook unleashed a platform that has caused more harm in the world than near anything in modern history.
One thing is for sure.
As long as @LibDems Peers play any part it will reflect badly on the party and it will@lose them members & supporters
@nick_clegg & Lord Allen
One thing is for sure.
As long as @LibDems Peers play any part it will reflect badly on the party and it will@lose them members & supporters
@nick_clegg & Lord Allen
https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1363524468153417732
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