The wildest details in the Facebook memoir Meta is trying to bury
The wildest details in the Facebook memoir Meta is trying to bury
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The wildest details in the Facebook memoir Meta is trying to bury
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The fact that Meta is so desperately trying to destroy this book and its author must mean that it's factual to a tee. I hope we can Streisand Effect this into the NYT Best Sellers list.
Here it is on Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/nl/en/ebook/careless-people-8
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Some of the most telling anecdotes in Careless People involve Kaplan, who joined Facebook’s policy team in 2011 and was promoted to Chief Global Affairs Officer earlier this year. She writes that Kaplan, who was a deputy chief of staff in the George W. Bush White House, was “surprised to learn Taiwan is an island” and that “often when we start to talk about pressing issues in some country in Latin America or Asia, he stops and asks me to explain where the country is.”
This almost seems difficult to believe, but considering the state of the world, I wouldn't be surprised if it is true.
By now, Meta’s failures in Myanmar, where hate speech and misinformation on Facebook helped incite a genocide, are well documented. Wynn-Williams, who early in her tenure flew to Myanmar to try to sell officials there on the company’s connectivity projects, describes her futile attempts to get more resources for content moderation in the country.
She blames Kaplan in particular. She says she “started this long process of trying to hire someone for Myanmar in 2015” and found a human rights expert who fit the bill in May 2016, but Kaplan blocked her from making the hire in February of 2017. He allegedly told her to “move on and get over it.” She later concludes that “when it came to Myanmar, those people just didn’t matter to him.”
In a just world, Kaplan and Zuckerberg would be required to do mandatory multi-decade community service work as live-in junior janitors at major Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. For example, in Bhasan Char island.
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This almost seems difficult to believe, but considering the state of the world, I wouldn't be surprised if it is true.
30% of Americans were okay with bombing Agrabah, from Disney's Aladin.
A majority of Americans are dumb and all of those people are even dumber than you can imagine.
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I was refering to Kaplan specifically. Considering his background it seems a bit strange, but unfortunately very much believable. :(
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seems like they polled all boomers and rural folk.
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I'm relieved that people are so into labeling even if they don't understand it. You can't become informed without information.
Not surprised at the stupidity. People are dumb, selfish, and entitled. Americans are a great example, but it's not only Americans. We just did the speed running version.
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There is an international court that is responsible for prosecuting individuals for crimes like genocide oder crimes agains humanity. It's sensible to collect all evidence and put Zuckerberg & Co on trial to see how deep their involvement goes
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Definitely, US courts lack institutional maturity for such cases.
There are presidents with war criminals in some African countries being tried in international court system due to challenges with local courts systems.
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Perhaps you missed the headlines when the ICC called out Facebook for actively, deliberately obstructing the ICC genocide investigation into the Rohingya genocide.
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He'll get the kissinger treatment and be rolled out to 'prestigious' public events like olympic basketball in roder to shore up his credibility as a 'great american', (that the US gov even used an insulation strategy like this was a huge tell on their assessment of HK's war crim status)
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I would prefer to send all of them to dig graves for the victims of various genocides and conflicts.
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She's not allowed to promote it, but other people can do so for her ....
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I bought a physical copy. My first physical book in over decade. I figure with the lengths Meta/Zuck are going to bury it, a physical one can’t be taken away the same way a digital one can.
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Once I heard on 60 minutes Meta was attempting to shut down the sale of the book, I immediately bought one on release day at a local bookstore. Will read it once I have the time!
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I ordered my copy can't wait to read it.
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What's weird is that these people are so awful, so horrible as leaders, and so wasteful and stupid with the massive fortune they've found and we all can change it with one simple press of a button - and we don't.
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I did
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It's real hard to press that button - its built into a locked briefcase and stashed in a bunker under the whitehouse. You also need a code for the button to do anything, I think.
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Let's promote it for her :D
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Oh noes. Does Meta want something fact checked? Is it worried about misinformation and fake news? Was their privacy invaded?
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Mark Zoofucker, known puppy molester, has stated that his platform has no need for fact checking
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I bought it as soon as I heard about them trying to bury it.
Avoiding amazon, I bought it from a Canadian company. In hindsight, I should have got off my lazy ass and bought it from a local bookstore.
Looking forward to reading this one.
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Just ordered the book. Fuck Meta.
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This is the most normal thing about him
Yeah, that would be the first thing I'd do if I was my own boss.
Fuck yeah. Fuck early risers. Us middle risers deserve the spotlight for once!
I rise early but don't get going until almost noon. ADHD gang unite!
even?
For Zuckerberg, heads of state are employees. Why else would a billionaire donate?
he spends his day "recharging" and downloading DATA from meta into his android brain.