4mo ago

Papua New Guinea shuts down Facebook in test to stop 'pornography, misinformation, hate speech

Facebook shut down in PNG in 'test' to stop 'pornography, misinformation'

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It won't stop the porn, but it will probably reduce the hate and misinfo
That describes social media in 3 words.
There's porn on Facebook?
- Well, the Facebook algorithm has noticed that I stop scrolling when I see big ole tiddies, so my feed has been very... suggestive lately. Not that I'm complaining.
  
  It did that to me about a month ago. And the ads were interesting too. It thought I wanted lingerie
- CSAM. I don't think that's what you're looking for.
  
  Well that's far more horrifying
- There was a fair bit of it on Instagram like a year or two ago.
  
  Ok lemme just check out my time machine
- There's a ton of it here if you know how to search for it....try boobs or any other word on the search box.
  
  Yeah I know here, but we ain't talking about here, we're talking about Facebook
- yes tons of it
That's a great idea. Maybe keep it that way for several decades to study the effects?
Good. Now, if the rest of the civilized world would follow this example, please?
2 good reasons at least
I'm just waiting for a country the EU to do something similar to twitter since it's run by Nazis
Time for a friendica boom in PNG?

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