Meta is failing to stop dangerous disinformation in the world’s most spoken languages - Poynter
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Internal docs and fact-checkers show Meta often misses harmful posts in Swahili, Amharic, Oromo and more — putting real communities at risk
  • N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    651·
    6 days ago

    Let’s dispel with this illusion that Meta doesn’t know exactly what it’s doing. Hate speech, compromising US National security for access to Chinese markets, dumbing down political discourse and literally everything else, manipulating hundreds of millions of people to make them insecure and more vulnerable to advertising.

    Meta is as evil as evil gets. All confirmed by insider whistleblowers. They paid to play, so they’ll get away with it. Just know what you’re supporting when you participate in their ecosystem.

    • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      61·
      6 days ago

      Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard, just ask. I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS

      [Redacted Friend’s Name]: What? How’d you manage that one?

      Zuck: People just submitted it.

      Zuck: I don’t know why.

      Zuck: They “trust me”

      Zuck: Dumb fucks

      - the liz in 2004

  • witnessbolt@lemm.eeEnglish
    191·
    6 days ago

    That’s literally the point. Social media is literally one of Peter Thiel & co’s weapons to overthrow & destabilize democracies. If they succeed in the US, they plan to do it to every democracy.

    Easy to frame lies as “free speech” when you control what everyone gets to see

    Peter Thiel was the first outside investor in Facebook, and Zuck is close with him and all the other “dark enlightenment” tech bros

  • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
    18·
    6 days ago

    “failing” implies that’s the goal, when we know that meta promotes disinformation because it benefits them

  • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
    11·
    6 days ago

    Failing? But they’re not trying. They’ve been soft on disinformation for years and are known for meddling in elections.

  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    6 days ago

    Uh yeah. What else is new? This is why nobody should be using ANY of their stuff. They are objectively a force bent on social destruction for profit. By using any of their services or buying any of their products, you are contributing whether you agree with them or not.

  • Billegh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    77·
    6 days ago

    Well, yeah. They straight up said they were going to stop. Not sure what’s new here…