Re:Statement from Mark Zuckerberg
by dogman144 on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @09:35PM
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How would you categorize FB/whatsapp-driven genocide in Myanmar[0], polarization(+) or polarization-lite?
The semantic acrobatics in statements like this drive the discussion into pedantic details that successfully lose sight that on net, this is a cancerous product, with a pathology unique to each culture it touches.
like, there's been leaked FB PM discussions on this very topic and phrasing it like a product challenge versus the moral calamity that it is.
The semantic acrobatics in statements like this drive the discussion into pedantic details that successfully lose sight that on net, this is a cancerous product, with a pathology unique to each culture it touches.
like, there's been leaked FB PM discussions on this very topic and phrasing it like a product challenge versus the moral calamity that it is.
[0]https://gizmodo.com/facebook-still-working-on-the-whole-geno... [0.5] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebo...