Facebook’s Crisis Management Algorithm Runs on Outrage

From the article:

> Facebook would remove certain posts in some high-risk countries, including Sri Lanka, but only if they were reported by local nonprofits and would lead to “imminent violence.”

Wow, way to exploit nonprofits to provide free content moderation for one of the most profitable corporations in the world.

I finally see why Mark Zuckerberg is advocating AI. They are basically playing whack-a-mole because all they cared about was growing the user base without paying enough attention to how users were interacting on Facebook. All these algorithms were introduce to drive engagement which coincidentally meant showing more provocative statements. Now it’s biting them in the rear. He thinks that machine learning will solve all his problems with the soup of hate speeches and misinformation. And that there is nothing wrong with the current business model of invading someone’s privacy to earn advertising money. I fear it is nothing more than wishful thinking that it will solve all the underlying problems of Facebook.

>“There are real concerns with a private company determining truth or falsity,”

I can think of several US news orgs who dabble in the truth business.