Facebook’s Frankenstein Moment

Facebook’s Frankenstein Moment
“It’s a Whac-a-Mole problem.”
We invest a lot of time, energy and resources to make these rare events extinct,
and we’re grateful to our community for calling out where we can do better.”
Many of its users view the social network as an essential utility,
and the company’s decisions — which posts to take down, which ads to allow, which videos to show — can have real life-or-death consequences around the world.
“I had been the author of unalterable evils,” he says, “and I lived in daily fear
lest the monster whom I had created should perpetrate some new wickedness.”
In Africa, the social network faces accusations that it helped human traffickers extort victims’ families by leaving up abusive videos.
Even the company’s mission statement — “Give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together” — implies
that people who are given powerful tools will use those tools for socially constructive purposes.
They’re completely not equipped to deal with that.”
Even if Mr. Zuckerberg and Ms. Sandberg don’t have personal political aspirations, as has been rumored,
they are already leaders of an organization that influences politics all over the world.