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Re:Public static final int EM_NATION_TYPE_UYGUR = 1; by zingplex on Sunday November 01, 2020 @12:54PM (#24961170)
Following in the proud tradition of IBM I see [1] and Facebook [2][3]. At this point it may be worth considering creating a professional code of ethics saying something about genocide being bad.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/IBM-Holocaust-Strategic-Alliance-Corp... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebo... [3] https://www.vice.com/en/article/xg897a/hate-speech-on-facebo...

Re:Public static final int EM_NATION_TYPE_UYGUR = 1; by mgraczyk on Sunday November 01, 2020 @01:53PM (#24961548)
I'd say there is a pretty big difference between actively building software to accomplish a goal, vs failing to remove content posted by others to accomplish their goals.
Re:Public static final int EM_NATION_TYPE_UYGUR = 1; by zingplex on Monday November 02, 2020 @08:49PM (#24975547)
I don't think that made what I said any less true. Obviously I'm not saying that Facebook is flagging people to be put in concentration camps or doing anything akin to that. What I am saying is that our industry has been complicit in multiple genocides at this point and I think we should do something about that.

When you become a doctor you must take the Hippocratic oath, I don't see any harm in considering adopting something like that.

Re:Public static final int EM_NATION_TYPE_UYGUR = 1; by mgraczyk on Monday November 02, 2020 @09:12PM (#24975691)
Doctors don't take an oath that says "I won't give patients tools that could be used to harm others". They take an oath not to do harm themselves.