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Meta in Myanmar, Part II: The Crisis

55 pointsby mpnagleover 1 year ago

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dangover 1 year ago
Recent and related:<p><i>Meta in Myanmar</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=37709284">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=37709284</a> - Sept 2023 (169 comments)
kaycebasquesover 1 year ago
OK, I think I can summarize the author&#x27;s argument now:<p>* Facebook had a strategy to cement its role as the center of online life in Myanmar and it worked<p>* Facebook did not properly invest in Burmese [1] language content moderation and there was a proliferation of racist &#x2F; genocidal memes [2]<p>* A lot of people tried to warn Facebook about the content moderation problem but Facebook did not adequately respond<p>* The timing of a terrible, full-blown genocide correlated strongly with Facebook&#x27;s increased presence in Myanmar<p>* Facebook incentivized sensationalist content, and racist &#x2F; genocidal content was an effective strategy for people responding to those incentives<p>[1] Not sure if I have the correct name for the language(s)<p>[2] &quot;memes&quot; in the Dawkins sense