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sl8

(13,584 posts)
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:54 AM Sep 2020

Facebook vows to restrict users if U.S. election descends into chaos

Source: Reuters

SEPTEMBER 22, 20205:53 AM
UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO

By Reuters Staff
1 MIN READ

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc will take aggressive measures to “restrict the circulation of content” on its platform if November’s presidential election descends into chaos or violent civic unrest, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday citing a company executive.

The company had drawn up plans for how to handle a range of outcomes, including widespread civic unrest or "the political dilemmas" of having in-person votes counted more rapidly than mail-in ballots, the report on.ft.com/3hRRNdf said, citing an interview with Nick Clegg, Facebook's head of global affairs.

Facebook did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.




Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-elections-facebook/facebook-vows-to-restrict-users-if-u-s-election-descends-into-chaos-ft-idUSKCN26D18G?il=0

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Facebook vows to restrict users if U.S. election descends into chaos (Original Post) sl8 Sep 2020 OP
They help create the chaos. LakeArenal Sep 2020 #1
So they'll reduce traffic after it's too late? lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #14
"after it's too late" Exactly! LiberalLovinLug Sep 2020 #17
"if" . . . Iliyah Sep 2020 #2
+1 2naSalit Sep 2020 #6
"Unrest is DAMN GOOD for our clicks!" - Zuckerberg durablend Sep 2020 #7
Let the horse out before you lock the door bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #3
Restrict reality? Because so far they have shown they support the nutters AllyCat Sep 2020 #4
"restrict the circulation of content" PSPS Sep 2020 #5
I hate Facebook....................... turbinetree Sep 2020 #8
I torched the house Scalded Nun Sep 2020 #9
Have you seen SOCIAL DILEMA on Netflix ?? .. watch it with your kids STAT Le Roi de Pot Sep 2020 #10
I watched this last week... TommyCelt Sep 2020 #11
facebook is free to do whatever they want. its a private entity. people best be thinking about beachbumbob Sep 2020 #12
By then the damage will have been done Miguelito Loveless Sep 2020 #13
Is he going to restrict the Russian trolls? FakeNoose Sep 2020 #15
Screw Facebook. They're not that important. Politicub Sep 2020 #16
Fuck Facebook. If I want to catch up with my Luciferous Sep 2020 #18
In 2016 when DU was hacked the Democratic Underground Facebook page was a backup Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2020 #19

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
14. So they'll reduce traffic after it's too late?
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 11:49 AM
Sep 2020

Is that supposed to inspire confidence? Because it sounds idiotic on the face of it.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,154 posts)
17. "after it's too late" Exactly!
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 04:21 PM
Sep 2020

So Fuckerberg is going to allow any kind of fake conspiracy theories disguised as "ads" to run rampant from now until Nov.

But IF all of that disinformation and falsehoods actually influences the chaos, which it will, THEN they will get off the couch and attempt to curtail it?

bucolic_frolic

(42,676 posts)
3. Let the horse out before you lock the door
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:58 AM
Sep 2020

They could do anything they wanted. Like restricting users to 10 posts in a 24 hour period until they see the post-election landscape. But of course they'll wait and see. Reaction is too late.

PSPS

(13,516 posts)
5. "restrict the circulation of content"
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 10:02 AM
Sep 2020

Why not stop sowing chaos in the first place? I heard an interesting idea on the radio this morning. Facebook can institute "circuit breakers" like they have in the stock market. If particular content suddenly gets amplified a lot, the circuit breaker is tripped and the content is frozen until it is manually inspected and approved by a real person.

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
8. I hate Facebook.......................
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 10:21 AM
Sep 2020

This firm talks out of both sides of there collective mouth....................they suck

Scalded Nun

(1,231 posts)
9. I torched the house
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 10:34 AM
Sep 2020

but if the flames get really hot I might spare a glass of water.

What a piece of shit he is.

 

Le Roi de Pot

(744 posts)
10. Have you seen SOCIAL DILEMA on Netflix ?? .. watch it with your kids STAT
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 10:36 AM
Sep 2020

They are engaged in behavior manipulation ... they are converting us into lab rats at a planetary scale .. THere is a reason why a few tech companies are now worth more that many countries combined

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
12. facebook is free to do whatever they want. its a private entity. people best be thinking about
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 10:58 AM
Sep 2020

alternate ways of communications and information distribution. Internet CAN be shutdown/controlled. NSA already monitors all levels of electronic communications. Think about Brave New World and 1984 as worse case scenario if trump is reelected and GOP holds the Senate. We are moving quickly from a "what if" to "what will" happen

FakeNoose

(32,356 posts)
15. Is he going to restrict the Russian trolls?
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 03:24 PM
Sep 2020

If the answer is "yes," then why isn't he restricting them RIGHT NOW?



Politicub

(12,163 posts)
16. Screw Facebook. They're not that important.
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 03:27 PM
Sep 2020

They flatter themselves at having so much supposed power.

I agree that they are a menace to discourse, and would like to see them sink.

But there are other right wing echo chambers out there, and conservative snakes will slither over to them should something happen with FB.

Luciferous

(6,067 posts)
18. Fuck Facebook. If I want to catch up with my
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 04:47 PM
Sep 2020

grandma I'll call her. Neither of my kids use it and nobody they know does either...

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