How far are we from when actual laws-with-consequences are passed and enforced via the continual monitoring and moderation of said FB's army of moderators?
When will be the first time a person is (if not having happened already) killed for their postings to FB?
https://www.ranker.com/list/the-13-craziest-deaths-caused-by...
When FB moderators can impose penalties outside the context of Facebook, like jailing people.
Other than that, Facebook's control of content on its own site may be a good or bad decision, but it's nothing like police power of any kind, “Thought Police" or otherwise.
> When will be the first time a person is (if not having happened already) killed for their postings to FB?
It has probably happened already, but not because of Facebook exerting moderation.
...or seeding the Internet outrage machine by manufacturing a digital lynch mob to harass the person, dox them, harass their employer and friends and family, and utterly destroy their lives? I mean, this happens on Twitter and Tumblr all the time just by itself; actually controlling the platform would make it so much easier!
> There is likely next to nothing they can actually do to stop coordinated exploitation by highly skilled and intelligent state actors.
If they weren't so spineless, the solution is simple, at least in the time leading up to elections. Shut it down. Turn off ads. Disable non-profile pages. Allowing blatant manipulation of the platform deserves a blunt solution. Maybe let people think for themselves for once? Facebook is a convenience, not a necessity.
Depends on the business model, doesn't it?
It takes a sense of the magnitude of the potential threats to understand that banning 8 pages does not make for security, it makes the case for exploiting the signals detected by your antenna.
Problem: Media have painted Facebook as an enabler of propaganda
Reality: There is so much activity on Facebook it is impossible to manage, even with the best AI tools available. There is likely next to nothing they can actually do to stop coordinated exploitation by highly skilled and intelligent state actors.
Solution: Make a hollow yet visible action to take steps in the right direction and use it as cover to make a public statement of values knowing that this action is fundamentally inconsequential and that the media and public will be temporarily fooled since most people don’t understand the real situation.