Meta will demote content linking to Russian state media outlets on Facebook and Instagram globally and rolls out encrypted Instagram DMs in Ukraine and Russia
a rate of 1.3 billion views a day, or 928,000 views a minute https://www.wired.com/... Aisha S Gani / @aishagani : Wonder what message this gives to the Rohingya and Ethiopians who see posts inciting hatred everyday on their feeds. Aren't their situations [ie ethnic cleansing] exceptional? https://twitter.com/... @issielapowsky : NEW: Another little bit of news to come out of Facebook's transparency report today: it's rolling out alerts to notify users when their posts are removed by automated systems. This was one of the Oversight Board'srecs https://www.protocol.com/... Brian Fung / @b_fung : Meta says it's now downranking Russian state media pages as well as links to their websites, and soon will show warnings to users who attempt to share those links. Twitter announced a similar move yesterday. https://twitter.com/... @mikeelgan : Facebook (Meta) admits that it has been RECOMMENDING Russian propaganda. https://t.co/TshfDm1lsg Matt Hodges / @hodgesmr : What happens if a Ukrainian or Russian DMs someone outside of those regions? https://twitter.com/... Alex Heath / @alexeheath : And it could have ramifications for Meta's ability to keep operating in Russia, where the government is already slowing its service speeds. “The degradation of the service is definitely discernible,” Meta's @nickclegg told reporters this morning. Alex Heath / @alexeheath : This is perhaps the first time Meta has taken such action (throttling distribution globally) against state media. “It's unprecedented in terms of doing that to an official state media outlet, at least to my knowledge,” former policy director @katieharbath told me Matt Gaetz / @mattgaetz : Breaking: Meta treating Russian State Media like they've treated Republicans for years. https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer
3/ Links: We have also begun to demote posts with links to Russian state-controlled media websites on Facebook. In the days ahead, we will label these links so people who do see them will have context before clicking or sharing. We plan to take similar steps on Instagram as well.…
Big Thread: After a few more days of war, I've been carefully monitoring Russian social media reaction and production and I'm more convinced than before that Putin's regime has totally overestimated its ability to win a propaganda war.
@alexeheath The feed demotion, however, is a bold measure to do at an entity level. But Meta was likely left with no choice because they needed to at least partially undo the damage that years of recommending these entities have done (and the scores of permanent Page followers th…
This is another half-measure which will inevitably end with them banning the outlets when another platform finally makes the first step. As always with Facebook (@meta), they are cowards. They get no credit for making this move.
Between 20 Feb - 28 Feb 2022: Views on videos tagged with #ukraine jumped from 6.4 billion to 17.1 billion—a rate of 1.3 billion views a day, or 928,000 views a minute https://www.wired.com/...
Because suddenly the algorithm can be adjusted . And discussed openly with no problem ? But when it's anti Black violence , and those systems we need time , it's not news worthy https://twitter.com/...
This is good, but also I am continually amazed by how companies that stake their business model on predicting behavior are incapable of anticipating human behavior. https://twitter.com/...
All it took were missiles into a major European capital: Facebook has stopped recommending Russian state media globally https://www.theverge.com/... via @Verge
This is a big escalation. It raises two questions, though. 1) Why didn't they do this seven years ago, or at least seven days ago? 2) Why not do this and refrain from announcing it? Why tip off Russian propagandists, allowing them to route around the limits? https://twitter.com/.…
I'd love to see @Twitter roll out end-to-end encrypted DMs. If Meta can make it happen in Messenger and Instagram chats, Twitter can figure it out too. 🔐
Why can't Facebook do this ... normally? Why does it take Russia invading Ukraine to demote propaganda? And when will Facebook do the same here? https://www.protocol.com/...
Amazing that when these companies want to do the responsible thing, they literally just have to flip a switch. Maybe don't wait for a war next time? https://twitter.com/...
NEW: Roku now says it will remove RT from the Roku Channel Store everywhere, including the US. Yesterday it said it would remove it in Europe only, where regulators banned those networks. https://twitter.com/...
NEW: Another little bit of news to come out of Facebook's transparency report today: it's rolling out alerts to notify users when their posts are removed by automated systems. This was one of the Oversight Board's recs https://www.protocol.com/...
Meta says it's now downranking Russian state media pages as well as links to their websites, and soon will show warnings to users who attempt to share those links. Twitter announced a similar move yesterday. https://twitter.com/...
And it could have ramifications for Meta's ability to keep operating in Russia, where the government is already slowing its service speeds. “The degradation of the service is definitely discernible,” Meta's @nickclegg told reporters this morning.
This is perhaps the first time Meta has taken such action (throttling distribution globally) against state media. “It's unprecedented in terms of doing that to an official state media outlet, at least to my knowledge,” former policy director @katieharbath told me