2022-01-11
All CEOs (and Executive Directors) should eventually step down. 10 years is a good bar. This is the right move. https://twitter.com/...
Signal Blog
Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike steps down; WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton will act as the interim CEO as the search for a permanent replacement begins
It's a new year, and I've decided it's a good time to replace myself as the CEO of Signal. — I have now been working on Signal for almost a decade.
2021-10-26
@bpagelsminor She's publicly repeated talking points that governments have been using to say encryption is bad for years, at a time when encryption is under attack. I'm sure she knows how much impact her words have. Encryption is nuanced- interviews with press are not. It's irresponsible.
BBC
Frances Haugen told UK MPs that Facebook is “unquestionably making hate worse”, and warns that Instagram is “more dangerous than other forms of social media”
@tdietterich With power comes responsibility, simple as that. I disagree that it's very hard to figure out what has come before you. In fact, from her position at FB she ought to be aware of the reams of work I'm referring to. Also, her career is far from over. She's been praised by Senators.
BBC
Frances Haugen told UK MPs that Facebook is “unquestionably making hate worse”, and warns that Instagram is “more dangerous than other forms of social media”
I beg whistleblowers that are going to offer their own solutions instead of just sharing info: pay attention to all the activists and civil society that have come before you. I BEG you, read the extensive recs that have already been written in academic papers, blog posts, etc...
BBC
Frances Haugen told UK MPs that Facebook is “unquestionably making hate worse”, and warns that Instagram is “more dangerous than other forms of social media”
2021-08-05
This is bad. For all the reasons in the thread, AND This tool won't be contained to child sexual abuse material. Tools developed to fight it are often inappropriately redeployed to try to detect “terrorist content”- regardless of false positives. https://mnemonic.org/... (1/2) https://twitter.com/...
9to5Mac
Apple is reportedly considering using on-device hashing algorithms to match photos with known child abuse material, a potentially problematic practice
Apple is reportedly set to announce new photo identification features that will use hashing algorithms to match the content of photos … Source: @matthew_d_green .
2021-07-20
This except I think increasingly the comparisons are not misplaced and this is a reminder of why- because they're making life and death decisions. https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Sources: a group of Facebook data scientists asked for resources to measure COVID misinfo on Facebook at the start of the pandemic, but execs denied the request
The company doesn't know some specifics about how falsehoods about Covid-19 and vaccines for the virus spread on its social network.
2021-07-16
FB has a lot to say about not wanting to confuse people by providing too much information about its use of automation. This is frustrating for so many reasons, not limited to the fact that people can and do learn very quickly. FB simply hasn't given users the agency to do so (8/)
About Facebook
Facebook publishes its first quarterly Oversight Board update, noting it fully or partially implemented 14 of 18 board recommendations across 6 cases in Q1 2021
When we launched the Oversight Board, we committed to consider and transparently respond to all of the board's recommendations.
Speaking of the principles, the next rec is to always have human appeal available. FB only commits to “assessing the balance” between human and automated appeals. Yet FB blamed automation for myriad errors at the beginning of COVID-19. (7/)
About Facebook
Facebook publishes its first quarterly Oversight Board update, noting it fully or partially implemented 14 of 18 board recommendations across 6 cases in Q1 2021
When we launched the Oversight Board, we committed to consider and transparently respond to all of the board's recommendations.
BTW, the wording of this report is so careful and non-commital that it's exhausting to read. “Our teams will test the impact of telling people whether their content was actioned by automation or manual review.” no, seriously, just tell us.
About Facebook
Facebook publishes its first quarterly Oversight Board update, noting it fully or partially implemented 14 of 18 board recommendations across 6 cases in Q1 2021
When we launched the Oversight Board, we committed to consider and transparently respond to all of the board's recommendations.
What's more, it's not only everyday users who need this information. Policymakers who are pushing the use of automation, frankly, by and large do not understand it. Without better info, they never will. (9/)
Engadget
Facebook says it is running a test to assess the impact of letting users know when their post was removed as a result of automation
Karissa Bell / Engadget :
FB has a lot to say about not wanting to confuse people by providing too much information about its use of automation. This is frustrating for so many reasons, not limited to the fact that people can and do learn very quickly. FB simply hasn't given users the agency to do so (8/)
Engadget
Facebook says it is running a test to assess the impact of letting users know when their post was removed as a result of automation
Karissa Bell / Engadget :
Speaking of the principles, the next rec is to always have human appeal available. FB only commits to “assessing the balance” between human and automated appeals. Yet FB blamed automation for myriad errors at the beginning of COVID-19. (7/)
Engadget
Facebook says it is running a test to assess the impact of letting users know when their post was removed as a result of automation
Karissa Bell / Engadget :
BTW, the wording of this report is so careful and non-commital that it's exhausting to read. “Our teams will test the impact of telling people whether their content was actioned by automation or manual review.” no, seriously, just tell us.
Engadget
Facebook says it is running a test to assess the impact of letting users know when their post was removed as a result of automation
Karissa Bell / Engadget :
What's more, it's not only everyday users who need this information. Policymakers who are pushing the use of automation, frankly, by and large do not understand it. Without better info, they never will. (9/)
About Facebook
Facebook publishes its first quarterly Oversight Board update, noting it fully or partially implemented 14 of 18 board recommendations across 6 cases in Q1 2021
When we launched the Oversight Board, we committed to consider and transparently respond to all of the board's recommendations.
I don't buy Facebook's vague explanation of risk when it comes to the Dangerous Orgs and Individuals list, and with regards to safety threats to staff, as I've said before: if you can't operate safely in a market, you might have to leave it (14/)
About Facebook
Facebook publishes its first quarterly Oversight Board update, noting it fully or partially implemented 14 of 18 board recommendations across 6 cases in Q1 2021
When we launched the Oversight Board, we committed to consider and transparently respond to all of the board's recommendations.
I needed coffee too, especially as I read this, and wondered why this kind of basic information hasn't been more accessible for the last several years as FB ramped up use of automation (5/): https://twitter.com/...
About Facebook
Facebook publishes its first quarterly Oversight Board update, noting it fully or partially implemented 14 of 18 board recommendations across 6 cases in Q1 2021
When we launched the Oversight Board, we committed to consider and transparently respond to all of the board's recommendations.
I don't buy Facebook's vague explanation of risk when it comes to the Dangerous Orgs and Individuals list, and with regards to safety threats to staff, as I've said before: if you can't operate safely in a market, you might have to leave it (14/)
Engadget
Facebook says it is running a test to assess the impact of letting users know when their post was removed as a result of automation
Karissa Bell / Engadget :
I needed coffee too, especially as I read this, and wondered why this kind of basic information hasn't been more accessible for the last several years as FB ramped up use of automation (5/): https://twitter.com/...
Engadget
Facebook says it is running a test to assess the impact of letting users know when their post was removed as a result of automation
Karissa Bell / Engadget :
2021-06-16
BIG NEWS Think doxing is bad? Tell the Oversight Board. Been doxed? The Board ESPECIALLY needs to hear from you. https://twitter.com/...
Adweek
The Oversight Board accepts its first policy advisory opinion request from Facebook, on the sharing of private residential info, issues call for public comments
It involves how it should handle private residential information Source: About Facebook .
2021-06-04
BIG NEWS! Can't wait to see Facebook's announcement about all of this. And can't wait to see Facebook kick off Bolsonaro and BJP politicians (I might be waiting a long time). https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Sources: Facebook plans to end its controversial policy that shields politicians from the content moderation rules that apply to other users
Going forward politicians will be treated more like everyone else — Facebook plans to end its controversial policy that mostly shields politicians …