Facebook asks users: should we allow men to ask children for sexual images?
Facebook has admitted it was a "mistake" to ask users whether paedophiles requesting sexual pictures from children should be allowed on its website.
On Sunday, the social network ran a survey for some users asking how they thought the company should handle grooming behaviour. "There are a wide range of topics and behaviours that appear on Facebook," one question began. "In thinking about an ideal world where you could set Facebook's policies, how would you handle the following: a private message in which an adult man asks a 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures."
The options available to respondents ranged from "this content should not be allowed on Facebook, and no one should be able to see it" to "this content should be allowed on Facebook, and I would not mind seeing it".
A second question asked who should decide the rules around whether or not the adult man should be allowed to ask for such pictures on Facebook. Options available included "Facebook users decide the rules by voting and tell Facebook" and "Facebook decides the rules on its own".
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by meustrus on Thursday March 08 2018, @07:04PM (1 child)
I get what you're saying TMB. But much like I wouldn't lump the people here with the neo-nazis just because this place leans alt-right (except that anti-semite AC), you shouldn't lump progressives with the likes of Winestein and Franken just because they share an agenda.
Those people by and large aren't the ones setting the agenda anyway. They just fund it. I read something really interesting [zcomm.org] recently about why they do it, too.
The reason is that they are buying themselves moral indulgences. They are internally justifying their predatory behavior by using their wealth to fund the antidote. Ultimately, they are very wealthy hypocrites. They want to live in a world where moral depravity doesn't exist, but they are not willing to exert any effort to fix their own moral depravity.
If there isn't at least one reference or primary source, it's not +1 Informative. Maybe the underused +1 Interesting?
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday March 08 2018, @08:06PM
hose people by and large aren't the ones setting the agenda anyway.
Unlike, say, the head of the fricken' RNC!
RNC finance chair Steve Wynn resigns after sexual harassment allegations [politico.com]