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• Vox Shirin Ghaffary on x

  Facebook nears a tipping point when it comes to moderating hate speech

• @nick_clegg Nick Clegg on x

  Facebook does not benefit from hate. My latest thoughts on how Facebook is getting better at removing hate speech. https://about.fb.com/...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  Today, Facebook Comms VP Nick Clegg writes that “Facebook does not profit from hate.” https://about.fb.com/... That is just not true. Yesterday we reported the company has run ads promoting civil war and violence for months. See for yourself: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... htt…

• @carlquintanilla Carl Quintanilla on x

  Statement from CVS: “Actions speak louder than words...” $FB $TWTR $CVS https://twitter.com/...

• @amahnke Aaron Mahnke on x

  Facebook benefits from having the largest user base possible to sell ads against. Allowing hateful, bigoted people and organizations to stay on your platform helps boost those user numbers. So yeah, you benefit from hate. https://twitter.com/...

• @euanphilipps Euan Philipps on x

  “When we find hateful posts on Facebook and Instagram, we take a zero tolerance approach and remove them.” This is absolute nonsense, there is antisemitism all over these platforms. And the ‘secret’ or ‘private’ Facebook groups are even worse. https://about.fb.com/...

• @instyle @instyle on x

  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are reportedly supporting a boycott of Facebook advertising in an effort to end online hate speech. https://www.instyle.com/...

• @jbenton Joshua Benton on x

  You see, Nick, some people *want* to see hateful content on Facebook, either because they don't consider it hateful or because they enjoy being hateful This is not difficult, my man https://twitter.com/...

• @daniel_sugarman Daniel Sugarman on x

  Facebook has made it clear, on multiple occasions, that it will not be banning Holocaust denial. The response to numerous Jewish groups from Facebook has included the classic “we understand we won't agree on everything”. https://twitter.com/...

• @zeynep Zeynep Tufekci on x

  This is.. a sad piece. Yes, the transition to a digital society is messy. I wrote a book about the many good things, while warning about business models, algorithmic amplification and censorship via info glut. But this? It's Upton Sinclair quote level sad. https://twitter.com/...…

• @scientits Tits McGee on x

  Nick Clegg here, talking about words as if they're vampires. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @justinhendrix Justin Hendrix on x

  Apart from the ... money it makes from it.... this is probably true. https://about.fb.com/...

• @jayrosen_nyu Jay Rosen on x

  The part in blue is a lie. Which isn't to say the rest is true, either. https://about.fb.com/... By Nick Clegg, Facebook's VP of Global Affairs and Communications. https://twitter.com/...

• @paulbernaluk Paul Bernal on x

  Yes it does. And it benefits from allowing political manipulation too. And either you know it, or you don't know the company you're working for. https://twitter.com/...

• @alexthomas Alex Thomas on x

  not only does Facebook benefit from hate, they benefit from a crumbling of democracy. https://twitter.com/...

• @homelanddems @homelanddems on x

  Actions are louder than words. Good deeds don't mean much if they continue to allow Russians to persuade people to vote against their interests or brainwashes the electorate with lies. https://about.fb.com/...

• @obrien Chris O'Brien on x

  What if Facebook can't be fixed? Most new policy proposals or content moderation programs or AI or government regulations are not likely to change the fundamentals: Facebook is the perfect delivery vehicle for disinformation, propaganda, and hate. https://venturebeat.com/...

• @arrington Michael Arrington on x

  I'm guessing people can get some fantastic deals on facebook ads right now. https://www.reuters.com/...

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  Another success for Facebook by expanding the issue to Twitter despite Twitter acting proactively with decisive leadership. This is due to FB lobbying all last week and sharing some EU data focused narrowly a on % takedown metric. https://twitter.com/...

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  i dont think anyone expected the FB ad boycott to take off with these huge ad buyers this quickly (least of all the organizers, some of whom we spoke with yesterday) https://twitter.com/...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  Clegg frames hate on the platform as a minority of content and that finding it is like “looking for a needle in the haystack.” He touts FB's AI systems. It took us 30 mins in Facebook's ad library running basic search terms to uncover hateful ads. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ..…

• @mr_mcfly @mr_mcfly on x

  Am I the only one seeing many moments where FB is deflecting rather than properly addressing how they profit from hate whether doing so actively or passively? #FBOpenLetter https://adage.com/...

• @jesselehrich Jesse Lehrich on x

  - FACEBOOK: “Our algorithms exploit the human brain's attraction to divisiveness” - FACEBOOK: “64% of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools” https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @oliverdarcy Oliver Darcy on x

  Just a massive oversimplification to say that Facebook and other social platforms are but a mere “mirror” on society. https://twitter.com/...

• @ericboehlert Eric Boehlert on x

  he's going w/ the dopey Facebook Just Holds Up a Mirror To Society argument https://twitter.com/...

• @tonyromm Tony Romm on x

  yea that'll show 'em https://about.fb.com/...

• @nxthompson @nxthompson on x

  This is surely true! Hate is very bad for Facebook. But the real question is: in what ways do the features that are good for FB (like Newsfeed algo, focus on groups, etc...) make hate more prominent and what are the tradeoffs in changing them. https://twitter.com/...

• @b_fung Brian Fung on x

  In an open letter, Facebook says it “does not profit from hate” https://about.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @thetimes @thetimes on x

  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex asked the organisers of an advertising boycott against Facebook “which brands they could help target” when they offered their support, a key figure behind the campaign has said. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/...

• @jayrosen_nyu Jay Rosen on x

  This week has been about one weak point in the Facebook defenses: advertisers worried about their brands. But there's another one: the good opinion of its employees, especially engineering talent. I would keep my eye on that lever. https://twitter.com/...

• @juddlegum Judd Legum on x

  Some companies that decided to join the advertising boycott against Facebook TODAY: @DennysDiner @Chobani @CloroxCo @adidas @Reebok @HP @Ford @BestBuy @pfizer @ClifBar

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  The Facebook advertiser boycott continues, unabated, with hundreds of companies on board. The latest addition: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, working the phones to convince CEOs to stop buying ads. (w @tiffkhsu) https://www.nytimes.com/...