Fb and YouTube’s moderation failure is a chance to deplatform the platforms

Fb, YouTube, and Twitter have failed their process of tracking and moderating the content material that looks on their websites; what’s extra, they failed to take action smartly sooner than they knew it was once an issue. However their incidental cultivation of fringe perspectives is a chance to recast their function because the …
Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have failed their task of monitoring and moderating the content that appears on their sites; what’s more, they failed to do so well before they knew it was a problem. But their incidental cultivation of fringe views is an opportunity to recast their role as the …

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Author: Devin Coldewey

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Devin Coldewey has recently written 11 articles on similar topics including :
  1. "YouTube now officially limits the amount of data it and creators can collect on content intended for children, following promises made in November and a costly $170 million FTC fine in September". (January 7, 2020)
  2. "An independent investigator has issued a preliminary report on its work determining the existence and/or extent of bias against conservatives on Facebook". (August 28, 2019)
  3. "Facebooks battle against misinformation will never be over at this rate, but that doesnt mean the company has given up". (November 19, 2020)
  4. "Facebook has agreed to block access to certain anti-government content to users in Vietnam, following months of having its services throttled there, reportedly by state-owned telecoms". (April 22, 2020)
  5. "Training an artificial intelligence agent to do something like navigate a complex 3D world is computationally expensive and time-consuming". (January 21, 2020)
  6. "YouTube has announced that videos on the site will default to standard definition (SD) quality for the next month in order to cope with demand from the bored, housebound masses". (March 24, 2020)
  7. "It's a bit strange to hear that the world's leading social network is pursuing research in robotics rather than, say, making search useful, but Facebook is a big organization with many competing priorities". (May 20, 2019)
  8. "Facebook first showed off its 3D photos back in 2018, and shared the technical details behind it a month later. But unless you had one of a handful of phones with dual cameras back then (when they weren't so common), you couldn't make your own". (February 28, 2020)
  9. "An independent investigator has issued a preliminary report on its work determining the existence and/or extent of bias against conservatives on Facebook". (August 20, 2019)
  10. "If AI-powered robots are ever going to help us out around the house, they're going to need a lot of experience navigating human environments". (June 14, 2019)
  11. "Facebooks AI tools are the only thing standing between its users and the growing onslaught of hate and misinformation the platform is experiencing". (May 12, 2020)
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