Comment on Meta has HOW MANY people working on "election integrity" ahead of the 2024 election?
thantik@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I mean, there’s a lot of misinformation on these platforms prior to the election, much of it gets amplified by people too unwilling to verify. “Facts” aren’t owned by “the left” like this post suggests.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 7 months ago
The problem is Meta is controlling the discussion, not the people
thantik@lemmy.world 7 months ago
“the people” are the idiots spreading these lies. They’re susceptible to propaganda.
Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That sounds great if you ignore the role Meta has already undertaken. Two great examples are on their own website, where they said allowing manipulated “ video that was edited to make it appear as though U.S. President Joe Biden is inappropriately touching his adult granddaughter’s chest” to stay up and be considered fine, while originally choosing to silence all coverage of October 7th under rules enacted after the event only reversing course after questions were asked about all the ad money spent by both sides
thantik@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This looks like a very loop-hole way of those actors getting around Meta’s ruleset. When you create a set of rules, you’ve got to apply them evenhandedly, or what is the point? If Meta were to take it down, in violation of their own rules - it would be biased.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 7 months ago
Why should meta decide what are “reliable sources of information”?
thantik@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s practically impossible for individuals or governments to fact-check every piece of information effectively at the scale social media companies operate at. Social media companies have the resources and technology to implement automated and manual fact-checking processes to handle this volume.
They also have the only direct control over their platforms, needed to implement measures to fact-check in the first place. It’s their platform, so they should have control over it. They have a responsibility to combat misinformation, given the huge amount of influence they have over politics.
PizzaMane@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Because the alternative is the government. Would you prefer the government tell us what the truth is?