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YIKES.
Following Elon Musk’s lead, Big Tech is surrendering to disinformation
Facebook and YouTube are receding from their role as watchdogs against conspiracy theories ahead of the 2024 presidential election
"The evolution of the companies’ practices was described by more than a dozen current and former employees... The new approach marks a sharp shift from the 2020 election."
@mimsical Tech is so overdue for regulation. They ain't gonna police themselves.
@leahabshaffer @mimsical Eric Schmidt to me during a social event at a Soho bookshop: “I wake up every morning and I fight regulation, it’s what I do, it’s my job.”
(This was when he was Google’s executive chairman.)
It’s the only thing they’re afraid of. Sadly too many policymakers are either too clueless, awestruck, or corrupt to exercise the power they have.
Related: https://ar.al/2019/05/11/the-dos-and-donts-of-tech-regulation/ and https://ar.al/2019/11/29/the-future-of-internet-regulation-at-the-european-parliament/
@aral @hannu_ikonen @leahabshaffer @mimsical Is that part of not doing evil?
@michaelgemar @hannu_ikonen @leahabshaffer @mimsical “‘Evil,’ says Google CEO Eric Schmidt, ‘is what Sergey says is evil.’”
https://www.wired.com/2003/01/google-10/
(By the way, Google removed “don’t be evil” from its code of conduct in 2018. https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393)