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While there are still lessons to be learned from how the Russians used the social platform to sow discord ahead of America's 2016 presidential election, critics say Facebook — and Zuckerberg — aren't acting quickly enough to prevent meddling in the upcoming midterm elections.
"Facebook is a living, breathing crime scene for what happened in the 2016 election — and only they have full access to what happened," said Tristan Harris, a former design ethicist at Google. His work centers on how technology can ethically steer the thoughts and actions of the masses on social media and he's been called "the closest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience" by The Atlantic magazine.
Source : Facebook is a 'living, breathing crime scene,' says one former tech insider
(Score: 3, Insightful) by frojack on Saturday January 20 2018, @09:09PM (2 children)
And further along this line, I don't trust this "the closest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience" dude's ideas any more than I trust Facebook. Google has their own agenda, and it appears its far left of the US average.
We've just had a very good teaching moment:
We've learned not to trust the press.
We've learned never to trust polls.
We've learned that a free press sans ethics and impartiality is at least as bad than a non-free press.
We've learned that libel laws in the US are way too loose.
We've learned that some random weakly attributed rant spewed across the internet does not constitute public opinion, or civil discourse.
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There are more lessons coming in the next few months.
Will we be able to apply our newly learned lessons or simply double down on dumbness?
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by rondon on Sunday January 21 2018, @04:08AM
Agree with most of your points, except - "We've learned that a free press sans ethics and impartiality is at least as bad than a non-free press."
I'm not saying that I am sure that you are wrong, but I don't believe that is true. At least there is a chance that I am presented information in a way that isn't pure propaganda when the press is free. Would be willing to reconsider if you presented an argument for the point, though.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21 2018, @03:42PM
We've certainly learned rich people get tax cuts and federal agencies get gutted.
But we've not yet learned anything about infrastructure, ex-coal miner jobs, beautiful healthcare, negotiating (lol).