UN blames Facebook for spreading hatred of Rohingya

Re:UN blames Facebook for spreading hatred of Rohingya by yur83838 on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @06:51AM (#16575086)

This isn't a cop out. Anything different and Facebook would be blamed for censorship. This is a difficult problem to solve. It's practically human nature to form a mob and group think. It's one of the first things that kids do in pre-school.

I think the only solution to this problem is education.

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Re:UN blames Facebook for spreading hatred of Rohingya by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @06:55AM (#16575102)

> Anything different and Facebook would be blamed for censorship

Facebook isn’t concerned about being “blamed for censorship” when it benefits their bottom line [1].

> This is a difficult problem to solve

The first step is recognising that ad-driven reaction-oriented social media does not appear to positively self-correct.

[1] https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/technology/facebook-ce...

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Re:UN blames Facebook for spreading hatred of Rohingya by mmsimanga on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @07:07AM (#16575166)

I get that social media is bad for you. The question is does the rest of the world agree? Perhaps I can liken it to sugar. It's is bad for you in large quantities but it is legal.

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Re:UN blames Facebook for spreading hatred of Rohingya by pcnix on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @07:00AM (#16575128)

The design of the system definitely contributes to how easily malicious propaganda can be spread through it.

The tendency of the news feed to promote attention grabbing content biases it to extremes, and this is definitely a systemic problem, and shouldn't be ignored and swept under the rug.

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