How do you expect a forum to regulate itself when there are zero content rules – PB/TK
Facebook explains why it ‘gets things wrong’ as it’s trying to moderate content – By Lauren C Williams / May 23 2017
he Guardian published a series of articles, videos, and guides this week analyzing a cache of official documents that detail the policies Facebook moderators use to govern content and users.
The “Facebook Files” takes a comprehensive look at the materials and guidelines Facebook requires its moderators to follow in an effort to make the platform safer, and what it looks like when, despite its best efforts to parse the complexities of sex, art, racism, humor, harassment, and sadism, the company gets it wrong.
Now, Facebook responded to the Guardian’s reporting — not through a company statement, but with an op-ed published in the same newspaper penned by the company’s head of global policy, Monika Bickert.
Bickert, who formally worked as a criminal prosecutor in the U.S. and Thailand, opens by addressing the violent videos of Syrian children dead and injured from a chemical weapons attack that circulated on the platform last month.
“The images were deeply shocking — so much so that we placed a warning screen in front of them and made sure they were only visible to adults. But the images also prompted international outrage and renewed attention on the plight of Syrians.”
Continue to thinkprogress.org article: https://thinkprogress.org/facebook-safety-op-ed-1f7369376523
