Pls forgive polluting of this board with these add’l images, but feel it deserves some attn - part of our mission? Wake up brainwashed followers with facts via Socratic method?
Weird. This is exactly what Sam Powers was talking about in her speech (PB)
Moar from speech -
In the United States, in the wake of Russia’s interference NOT in our elections, and because of the deep divisions in our society, we are seized with the question of how falsehoods and echo chambers enabled by social media impact our domestic politics. But these platforms also have potentially deadly impact when it comes to the rights and well-being of marginalized groups.
The UN, for example, has found that the spread of violent hate speech and falsehoods on Facebook in Myanmar played a “determining role” in the mass atrocities perpetrated against the Rohingya. From the Philippines to India to Mexico to Indonesia, technology that barely existed 15 years ago is being used to scapegoat vulnerable populations, exacerbate societal cleavages to the point of violence, and empower the most extreme voices.
Last year, here in Sri Lanka, after hate speech and conspiracy theories about Muslims disseminated on social media led to violence and destruction, one of your government officials made a profound observation that I believe the entire world must heed: “The germs are ours, but Facebook is the wind.”
notable?
TY Baker
I know, sorry fellow anon. I knew there would be some heck to pay for that one. AND I messed up and posted the bad lib hair twice! Bligh. I try to make a difference, but you’re right, those 4-6% are prolly not worth the aggravation.