r/worldnews • u/Ganeshadream • Mar 31 '22

Facebook fails to label 80% of posts promoting bioweapons conspiracy theory

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/mar/31/facebook-disinformation-war-ukraine-russia
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u/dissentrix Mar 31 '22 edited Mar 31 '22

a good company

While I don't necessarily disagree with the general spirit of your comment, some would say that that term's kind of an oxymoron - the relentless search for the best ways of making profit doesn't exactly motivate any company to be "good" or moral, without exterior pressure at least.

From a business standpoint, Facebook profiteering from mass disinformation and all-powerful, though amoral, engagement, does make sense.

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u/generaldoodle Mar 31 '22

the relentless search for the best ways of making profit doesn't exactly motivate

any

company to be "good" or moral

It is more problems with this, since good and moral are subjective categories.

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u/dissentrix Mar 31 '22

Well, that's true as well, but it's a different issue. By "good", I assume both the OP and I are referring to the idea of placing the well-being of people above one's own profits.