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Woah. This is one of the more damning reports I’ve ever read on Facebook. Yes, that says something. It’s a deeply reported must-read on how Facebook’s political and PR interests affect public safety. A sick, sick company. https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-hate-speech-india-politics-muslim-hindu-modi-zuckerberg-11597423346
It certainly appears there is a Joel Kaplan and Andy Stone for every market to team up and influence product decisions to keep local governments happy. I don’t even understand how this person remains employed at Facebook would a straight face.
Think about how Facebook can use its own leverage in any country to assist its preferred governance. There is clear evidence of this in this report. We’ve seen it in other nations, too, even covering up harms and working alongside politicians to help them.
Of course it did...
“Facebook deleted some of Mr. Singh’s postings after the Journal asked about them.”
“Facebook deleted some of Mr. Singh’s postings after the Journal asked about them.”
Reminds me of Facebook’s Neil Potts testimony last year. Potts helped take lead with advertisers to try to soften the #StopHateForProfit boycott of 1,000+ advertisers who subsidize this garbage. I would like to know what they think of this WSJ report.
Lastly, it’s obvious to me Facebook’s weak attempt today to go after Apple was likely pitched across major pubs to try to throw gas on Apple’s Fortnite flames and distract from Facebook’s ongoing dumpster fire of political interests > ethics. @axios bit. Congrats @andymstone.
ps in other super bad news for Facebook, CCPA regulations approved today and Californians will have opportunity to pass its CPRA on Nov 3rd which literally closes whatever loopholes Facebook is likely currently abusing. @AGBecerra also rightly investigating FB on antitrust, too. https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1294401944145006592
pps Facebook also continues to try to saddle up with small business as its body shield to try to hold off new privacy laws/tech including Apple’s tracking prevention. The tell of real reason has been warnings from CFO that started pre-Covid in January. https://www.ft.com/content/e134ca2d-907b-415f-ae8b-cc05ca4796c1
Facebook is led by absentee owners in Menlo Park who have the #1 priority of protecting its profit model from harmful regulation and bad PR. How can we expect them to do what’s right on the other side of the world when they done here? See @RepBeatty
Or listen to @SachaBaronCohen
Or what Facebook looked the other way on and we still don’t have answers in UK or US @carolecadwalla
If you read the @wsj report up top or the UN report on Myanmar genocide, @JoeNBC’s rant against Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook looks entirely reasonable.
But unfortunately the FTC who was in the best position to send a shock across all of the platforms leveraging user data and consumer welfare for profits. But they didn’t as @profgalloway covered
On brand. Facebook leadership, and policy people under Joel Kaplan, report to see journalists as the enemy. Recall after FB reportedly threatened Guardian ahead of its landmark report, FB “news” executive Campbell Brown called it “not our wisest move.” https://twitter.com/RolfeWinkler/status/1296142154834694148 https://twitter.com/dseetharaman/status/1296121888557604866
full disclosure, I was on panel with her. I noted it was a statement focused on PR strategy rather than press freedom. It wasn't "wise" because it drew more attention to the story. Everything is PR and Policy to protect Facebook's surveillance biz model. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/22/facebook-says-threatening-to-sue-the-guardian-was-not-our-wisest-move.html
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, it appears FB employees get it: “Many of us also believe our organizational structure combining content policy and government affairs under the same umbrella is fundamentally flawed.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-staff-demand-policy-changes-on-india-hate-speech-11598008322
, it appears FB employees get it: “Many of us also believe our organizational structure combining content policy and government affairs under the same umbrella is fundamentally flawed.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-staff-demand-policy-changes-on-india-hate-speech-11598008322
