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forgive me if I am less than reassured. These "aggressive measures" will happen AFTER they have monetized the heck out of the election by taking ads from whoever. Me - Cynical. Nah. https://t.co/IweqKxRWgX
— judy shapiro (@judyshapiro) September 22, 2020
“There are some break-glass options available to us if there really is an extremely chaotic and, worse still, violent set of circumstances,” Mr Clegg said, though he stopped short of elaborating further on what measures were on the table.” https://t.co/gFYIsM43vO
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) September 22, 2020
“We are prepared to take action once it is too late.” https://t.co/9vHjyaBP1I
— Jackson Dame (@jacksondame) September 22, 2020
Sigh. This remains a lot of empty talk (with a strategically placed interview in the FT to lend it legitimacy). There is a lot of absolute trash being shared RIGHT NOW, while ppl are contemplating who they vote for, and FB does precious little about it. https://t.co/Nlg7ESzMfW
— Ingrid (@ingridlunden) September 22, 2020
Facebook vows to restrict users if US election descends into chaos via @FT
— Francesco Zaffarano • #BlackLivesMatter (@FraZaffarano) September 22, 2020
“In Sri Lanka and Myanmar, FB took action including reducing reach of content shared by repeated rule-breakers, and limiting the distribution of “borderline content”” https://t.co/5gDrS1jswV
The regime must be defended at all costs!
— Alex Hochuli (@Alex__1789) September 22, 2020
Facebook vows to restrict users if US election descends into chaos - https://t.co/trTh09hoBB via @FT
Friendly reminder that Nick Clegg's word isn't worth the paper it's written on. https://t.co/vhYTGr4Vhmhttps://t.co/90eAdFa72L
— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) September 22, 2020
Pro tip: this is Facebook’s “virtual war room” press release. They now put it out ahead of the election (same as 2018)
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) September 22, 2020
- pushes focus further out to Election Day and after
- visualizes FB at war with bad actors
Truth: Facebook has proven to be the bad actor and can’t be trusted. https://t.co/DpPaZ4MgYQ
Siri, give me an example of a Corporate Republic?https://t.co/EopTzfGh5m
— Azeem Azhar (@azeem) September 22, 2020
FT exclusive: Facebook is exploring how to handle around 70 different potential election scenarios
— Hannah Murphy (@MsHannahMurphy) September 22, 2020
Among those, Nick Clegg says the company will take "exceptional" measures to “restrict the circulation of content” in the case of widespread civil unresthttps://t.co/eA5PhIFS3K
Nick Clegg doesn't have a great history with pledges about elections. https://t.co/QghyJBlqWH
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) September 22, 2020
This is quite the interview.
— evelyn douek (@evelyndouek) September 22, 2020
Exceptional times call for exceptional measures, and—acknowledging perfect moderation is impossible—in a period of unusual instability we may want platforms to err on the side of one type of error (more false positives)https://t.co/3Aax5iWXSQ
And we are supposed to trust them because ....?#socialmedia #Facebook https://t.co/RpGZKmUXJP via @financialtimes
— Theo - 劉䂀曼 (@psb_dc) September 22, 2020
Even Facebook knows... The answer to reducing chaos is...less Facebook ?https://t.co/FkYDEybWBD pic.twitter.com/F7MEHYO1ZZ
— Subrahmanyam KVJ (@SuB8u) September 22, 2020
Facebook vows to restrict users if US election descends into chaos https://t.co/pDbZIn27Mc
— Financial Times (@FT) September 22, 2020
(FT) - Facebook has said it will take aggressive and exceptional measures to “restrict the circulation of content” on its platform if November’s presidential election descends into chaos or violent civic unrest.@FT $FB https://t.co/R2Rs4Oi3P6
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) September 22, 2020
Facebook’s head of global affairs, Nick Clegg, spoke to the FT about how the company is bracing for the upcoming US presidential election, after it failed to intercept attempts by Russia to manipulate the 2016 US vote https://t.co/HUo0GGuhgt pic.twitter.com/4xWRfJ2Mxx
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 22, 2020