Saturday, 30 September 2023

Meta in Myanmar, Part I: The Setup

quote [ On the third day of rioting, the government gets tired of waiting and blocks access to Facebook in Mandalay. The block works—the riots died down. And the Deloitte guy’s inbox suddenly fills with emails from Meta staffers wanting to know why Facebook has been blocked.
[…]
in 2016, it was time to get way more people in Myanmar onto Facebook. ]

A long and escalating read – people complaining about the premise of community moderation should keep in mind what unchecked spreading of hate can lead to.

This being the 1st of 5 planned parts, here's a TL;DR in a series of Mastodon posts.

thumb via Clawmarks tumblr.
[SFW] [dystopian violence] [+2]
[by Paracetamol@10:11amGMT]

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