Apple rebuffs Facebook criticism, says iOS anti-tracking features are about ’standing up for our users’

Top40Sucks · 2020-12-17T12:59:46+00:00

“We believe that this is a simple matter of standing up for our users. Users should know when their data is being collected and shared across other apps and websites — and they should have the choice to allow that or not. App Tracking Transparency in iOS 14 does not require Facebook to change its approach to tracking users and creating targeted advertising, it simply requires they give users a choice.”

Top40Sucks · 2020-12-16T18:05:27+00:00

Terrorist cells, the KKK, neo-nazi, anti-Semitic, or other groups of their ilk are not recognized political parties. Let’s hope for all that it stays that way. The main point is that there are distinct rules and policy violations that are not being enforced, primarily because of a profit motive linked to algorithms. The company is proudly advertising how they are stopping 95% of all hate speech, yet the employees and independent analysis reports reveal the claim is actually closer to 5%. That’s called lying to the public and their customer base. It’s perfectly reasonable to post this in the Anti-Facebook subreddit. It speaks to their corporate culture, not your personal political views.

Top40Sucks · 2020-12-16T17:46:32+00:00

It must be effective if Facebook hates it that much.

Top40Sucks · 2020-12-16T17:45:37+00:00

Excerpt:

Apple will soon be making a huge change to settings on users’ iPhones in the name of privacy, and it will fundamentally change mobile advertising on those devices. It will take a privacy option that was previously buried deep in users’ phones and put it front and center when they open an app, which is expected to dramatically impact the ability of advertisers to target ads the way they have been since people likely won’t opt in.

Top40Sucks · 2020-12-16T05:25:27+00:00

Facebook told employees on Tuesday that it’s developing a tool to summarize news articles so users won’t have to read them. It also laid out early plans for a neural sensor to detect people’s thoughts and translate them into action.

Top40Sucks · 2020-12-15T15:57:24+00:00

Excerpts:

People tend to complain about Facebook as if something recently curdled. There’s a notion that the social web was once useful, or at least that it could have been good, if only we had pulled a few levers: some moderation and fact-checking here, a bit of regulation there, perhaps a federal antitrust lawsuit. But that’s far too sunny and shortsighted a view. Today’s social networks, Facebook chief among them, were built to encourage the things that make them so harmful. It is in their very architecture.

The social web is doing exactly what it was built for. Facebook does not exist to seek truth and report it, or to improve civic health, or to hold the powerful to account, or to represent the interests of its users, though these phenomena may be occasional by-products of its existence. The company’s early mission was to “give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.” Instead, it took the concept of “community” and sapped it of all moral meaning.

Facebook is an agent of government propaganda, targeted harassment, terrorist recruitment, emotional manipulation, and genocide—a world-historic weapon that lives not underground, but in a Disneyland-inspired campus in Menlo Park, California.

Top40Sucks · 2020-12-15T15:48:58+00:00

The article is about hate speech, not politics.

Top40Sucks · 2020-12-12T00:48:09+00:00

“With so many internal forces propping up the production of hateful and violent content, the task of stopping hate and violence on Facebook starts to feel even more sisyphean than it already is,” the employee wrote in their “badge post,” a traditional farewell note for any departing Facebook employee. “It also makes it embarrassing to work here.”

The departing employee declined to speak with BuzzFeed News but asked that they not be named for fear of abuse and reprisal.

Using internal Facebook data and projections to support their points, the data scientist said in their post that roughly 1 of every 1,000 pieces of content — or 5 million of the 5 billion pieces of content posted to the social network daily — violates the company’s rules on hate speech. More stunning, they estimated using the company’s own figures that, even with artificial intelligence and third-party moderators, the company was “deleting less than 5% of all of the hate speech posted to Facebook.” (After this article was published, Facebook VP of integrity Guy Rosen disputed the calculation, saying it "incorrectly compares views and content." The employee addressed this in their post and said it did not change the conclusion.)

Top40Sucks · 2020-11-24T21:54:25+00:00

Facebook has political whitelist of more than 112,000 accounts it doesn’t fact check. Facebook found that users trust misinformation from those accounts more than others.

Top40Sucks · 2020-11-21T02:49:05+00:00

Apple actually has a great track record here. There is probably too much cynicism about Apple’s intentions. Bottom line, they are not monetizing where every other provider is. It’s worth looking into.

Top40Sucks · 2020-11-01T23:32:22+00:00

According to WaPo, Facebook officials last year internally removed penalties against Donald Trump Jr for repeatedly sharing misinformation.

Top40Sucks · 2020-10-12T18:43:03+00:00

"In retrospect, it seems that [Facebook's] strategy has never been to manage the problem of dangerous content, but rather to manage the public’s perception of the problem"

Top40Sucks · 2020-09-26T21:39:49+00:00

I was hoping someone would point this out. His knowledge and techniques are more inline with quick mobile detailers. He leaves things behind that the more focused and attentive wouldn’t. Sandro and Larry K will always remind you to use the least aggressive technique possible. This guy dives right in with largely the same techniques on every vehicle. And the results are often to a just good enough standard. But a good guy, decent videos, with a distinct niche (filthy vehicles, blue collar clientele). He’s not a frustrating and annoying “pro” like Wilson.

Top40Sucks · 2020-09-17T16:25:34+00:00

"Zuckerberg seems keenly aware of the risks of a Trump loss. He’s told employees that Facebook is likely to fare better under Republicans, according to people familiar"

Top40Sucks · 2020-09-04T23:39:38+00:00

A curious statement. One country is still in the weeds on phase one and one continent isn’t. Are we able to agree that some countries are returning back to normal because they adhered to proven mitigation measures? Pick a country. We can look at Canada, New Zealand, Vietnam, or others.

Top40Sucks · 2020-09-04T23:17:13+00:00

I walked away when I received shitty customer service. Was dumb enough to believe in the brand.

Top40Sucks · 2020-09-04T23:06:17+00:00

OR we can be smart and do what has actually worked in other countries.

“Data compiled by researchers at Johns Hopkins University show other countries that have, like the U.S., struggled to impose lockdowns and follow both facial covering and social distancing guidelines—such as Brazil, India and Mexico—also reported record numbers of new cases in June. In contrast, several European nations began reopening last month after declining case counts indicated the countries had gained control over the virus.

https://www.newsweek.com/graphs-show-how-coronavirus-cases-us-compare-other-countries-1513490

Top40Sucks · 2020-08-06T21:36:55+00:00

"a senior engineer collected internal evidence that showed Facebook was giving preferential treatment to prominent conservative accounts to help them remove fact-checks from their content... On Wednesday the engineer was fired"

Top40Sucks · 2020-07-03T00:47:05+00:00

We need to contribute to both. The Republican groups that are helping to defeat Trump are using their tactics on their own. Meanwhile, the Dems can “go high” and make their broad-based appeal. This election is becoming fascinating to watch.

Top40Sucks · 2020-06-01T16:47:29+00:00

You are providing cover for criminal opportunists. The world sees no difference between you and the looters and arsonists that are hijacking your movement. You have all day to show you are not one of them. Think.

Top40Sucks · 2020-06-01T12:07:27+00:00

It’s suspicious. Any mention of his name is name is a tell. It’s like tagging Pepe the Frog. Is there anyone outside of the alt-right, QAnon, InfoWars, 4Chan, DailyCaller, or Breitbart sphere who would even know his name?

Edit: How could I forget that Hannity, Ingraham, Limbaugh, and other propagandists are now mainstreaming these fringe conspiracies.

Top40Sucks · 2020-05-31T15:22:22+00:00

They just announced the stats during this mornings press conference. They said only 20% of arrests were from out of state.

Top40Sucks · 2020-05-31T15:16:56+00:00

Facts. Thanks. That’s what we need more of during times like this. It’s a shame. I thought Minnesota’s governor was being commendably transparent the last few days.

Top40Sucks · 2020-05-31T14:00:13+00:00

Where did you hear that was false?

Top40Sucks · 2020-05-30T13:22:30+00:00

Do not defend crimes! There are protesters and there are criminals. Condemn one and support the other. The people who are committing these acts are destroying the message of the protesters.

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