exist Intercept, Sam Biddle Expose Facebook’s secret blacklist: People and organizations prohibited on the site. The list “punished certain communities disproportionately,” including “politicians, writers, charities, hospitals, hundreds of music performers, and deceased historical figures.” Facebook has been repeatedly asked to publish it, including its own oversight committee, but refused to do so.
The Intercept reviewed a snapshot of the complete DIO list and published a copy today Copy of the entire material, Only a small amount of editing and editing to improve clarity.It also released a A set of related policy documents, Designed to help moderators decide which posts to delete and which users to punish.
Faiza Patel, co-director of the Brennan Center for Judicial Freedom, said: “Facebook told users that they could not publish information about dangerous groups and individuals, which put users in an almost impossible situation, but then refused to disclose it. Determine who it considers dangerous.” And the National Security Plan, who reviewed the material.
As far as Facebook is concerned, it said it does not want to publish hate groups and terrorists, nor does it want to disclose it to them. Reasonable enough…
Although experts reviewing the material stated that Facebook’s policies were too vague and penalizing users, but this still reflects the real dilemma facing the company. After the Burmese genocide, the company realized that it could become the most powerful system in history, a global algorithm for violent incitement.
… But as Biddle pointed out, attention to Islamists and leftists can lead to predictable prejudice.
