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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: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 20 2018, @08:33PM (2 children)
They are bitter that far-left ideology went down in flames. No, most of the USA doesn't have San Francisco values. We don't think that bringing in a bunch of people with 3rd-world values and 3rd-world education will be good for women's rights, LGBT rights, or a living wage. No, we don't think that communism will be a worker's paradise but just wasn't done correctly every other time.
So they will meddle. They are already doing so.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 20 2018, @09:12PM
So says a living breathing propaganda huffer. If you put your laptop into a paper bag it really helps you peak.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by coolgopher on Saturday January 20 2018, @11:44PM
You hint at what I see as one of the major issues with today's politics - ideology. Untempered ideology every-fucking-where, be it red, blue, green, what-have-you. Practicalities be damned, because, you know, IDEOLOGY.
Ideology is great, but it MUST be tempered by realities, or you're off into lala-land before you know it.
I hate politics. *sigh*