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Re:Facebook accused of 'fanning ethnic violence' in Ethiopia... by eutropia on Friday October 15, 2021 @02:33PM (#28881290)
Facebook rents out an appearance of legitimacy akin to that of a news organization to whatever content makes it the most money.

Should that level of amplification and circulation be handed out with zero human editorial oversight?

Re:Facebook accused of 'fanning ethnic violence' in Ethiopia... by hpoe on Friday October 15, 2021 @02:41PM (#28881401)
Counterpoint: The greatest human atrocities in history were generally carried out with the explicit oversight of "legitimate" viewpoints.

I think something should be done but a lot of the suggestions I see seem like "this is something therefore this must be done."

I agree however it does seem that giving everyone the ability to push whatever they want has seemed to cause problems.