Facebook slow to address political manipulation outside wealthy, western nations

Re:Facebook slow to address political manipulation outside w... by sprafa on Monday April 12, 2021 @05:57AM (#26777664)

The incredible thing is Big Tech has convinced us the solution is "too expensive" when they are making hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue.

Here's the truth - if you own a social media platform and you allow for microtargeting and psychological profiling, you have responsibility for what's mass shared throughout.

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Re:Facebook slow to address political manipulation outside w... by inglor_cz on Monday April 12, 2021 @07:06AM (#26778061)

Good governance tends to get into money. It needn't be too expensive, but it definitely costs something.

Facebook, Google et al. are trying to run a billion-sized community with extremely tight budgets, because they do not want to sacrifice their profits or make their services paid instead of free.

Of course it does not work.

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Re:Facebook slow to address political manipulation outside w... by mgoetzke on Monday April 12, 2021 @06:14AM (#26777786)

EXACTLY. Micro-Targeting must be regulated world-wide to not allow it for political ads etc.

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