re If Silicon Valley won't stop fake news, we will

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
> Date: August 3, 2018 at 09:52:07 GMT+9
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] If Silicon Valley won't stop fake news, we will
>
> (for IP, if you wish)
>
> On Fri, Aug 03, 2018 at 06:06:09AM +0900, Dave Farber quoted:
> > When we hear that the Russians have been using Facebook custom audience
> > tools to target adverts that have illegally sought to interfere in the
> > elections of other countries, we have to take notice, particularly when
> > the company itself initially failed to spot it.
>
> This is a very generous rendition of the facts.  It would be more accurate
> to say that the company *claims* that the failed to spot it....a claim that
> is very difficult to believe.
>
> To explain: Facebook is in the surveillance and data acquisition business.
> All the groups and messages and cat pictures and everything else aren't
> part of that: they're just the lures used to tempt people into handing
> over their data (and metadata).  The core of Facebook is data, they've
> spent billions on it, and they have an army of people working on it.
>
> And yet, somehow, we're supposed to believe that they all completely
> missed what turned out to be obvious to individual outsiders working
> with on their own with no budget at all.  That's an astonishing claim.
>
> ---rsk



-------------------------------------------
Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now
Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=18849915
Unsubscribe Now: 
https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-a538de84&post_id=20180802213522:7B224D4A-96BD-11E8-B489-F39BA8267E39
Powered by Listbox: https://www.listbox.com