On Russian interference in 2016, a FB comms official said:
“It will be a flash in the pan. Some legislators will get pissy. And then in a few weeks they will move onto something else. Meanwhile we are printing money in the basement, and we are fine.”
washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
“It will be a flash in the pan. Some legislators will get pissy. And then in a few weeks they will move onto something else. Meanwhile we are printing money in the basement, and we are fine.”
washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
"Facebook’s Public Policy team...defended a “white list” that exempted Trump-aligned Breitbart News, run then by former White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon, and other select publishers from Facebook’s ordinary rules against spreading false news reports."
"The whistleblower...said such Groups have become havens for criminality, facilitating illegal trade in drugs and antiquities. When the whistleblower raised concerns about this within the company, a Facebook official replied, “We need to focus on the good,” the affidavit says."
I am *so* tired of the "focus on the good" narrative, which we saw as recently as last week from FB (about.fb.com/news/2021/10/h…).
Prevalence is a good metric when you're talking about removals, but not about harm.
Prevalence is a good metric when you're talking about removals, but not about harm.
Back in 2018, I was in a roomful of academics and one -- a white man -- batted down my concerns about gendered abuse because "hate speech was really such a small portion of content shared on FB."
When it's directed at you, it doesn't feel small, I can assure you.
When it's directed at you, it doesn't feel small, I can assure you.
(roomful? hmmm. It's Friday. I'm tired :))
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