2021-07-20
Take this from one of the OG Facebook critics: Making it about Facebook is a waste of precious time. No one who runs Facebook cares about real people in the real world. We are data to them.
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.
I have sympathy for Murthy and Biden as they push Facebook to crack down on the anti-vax stuff. But it's not going to happen — and certainly not in time to save this country from the next (current?) wave. Don't make it about Facebook. Make it about schools. De-escalate.
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.
Take this from one of the OG Facebook critics: Making it about Facebook is a waste of precious time. No one who runs Facebook cares about real people in the real world. We are data to them.
Wall Street Journal
Biden backtracks on his Facebook criticism, says he meant top users spreading vaccine misinfo were “killing people”, and urges Facebook to reduce misinformation
Biden walks back attack over vaccine lies Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post : The Technology 202: Facebook isn't sharing how many Americans viewed vaccine misinformation New York Ti...
I have sympathy for Murthy and Biden as they push Facebook to crack down on the anti-vax stuff. But it's not going to happen — and certainly not in time to save this country from the next (current?) wave. Don't make it about Facebook. Make it about schools. De-escalate.
Wall Street Journal
Biden backtracks on his Facebook criticism, says he meant top users spreading vaccine misinfo were “killing people”, and urges Facebook to reduce misinformation
Biden walks back attack over vaccine lies Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post : The Technology 202: Facebook isn't sharing how many Americans viewed vaccine misinformation New York Ti...