The Poison on Facebook and Twitter Is Still Spreading
Published on Nov 05, 2018
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The Poison on Facebook and Twitter Is Still Spreading
NYTimes Editorial Board
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News as Unpaid Content Monitors
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Others, too.
Started Slow/ Ramped Up
Herculean Task
For news and for social media
Reached a Tipping Point
FIND PROB/PLATFORM REACTS/ RINSE & REPEAT
News can't continue to be content moderators in light of attacks both foreign and domestic.
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Example:Myanmar
Example:Kavanagh Hearing
BIG ISSUE
"OUTSOURCING OF CONTENT MODERATION"
EXAMPLE: BUZZFEED
MODERATION: WHOSE JOB?
NOT THE NYT OR ANY MEDIA BESIDES SOCIAL MEDIA
NEWS JOB IS FIND THE NEWS
MUCKRAKING NOT BANDAIDS
NAYSAYER: TWITTER CEO
JACK DORSEY
SOCIAL MEDIA HAS THE TOOLS AND THE DUTY
Do your own in-house screening.
You have the power to do something about it.
You have the power to do something about it.
PUTTING THE COST ONTO THE NEWS
PRIVATIZING THE PROFIT
SO WHAT?
POISON EXPOSED
FOR DEMOCRACY TO SURVIVE
POISONED EXPOSED
ELECTIONS ARE COMPROMISED
POISONED EXPOSED
PREVENT GENOCIDES
