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What are the lessons we should be taking from the Facebook Papers reports, and what does content moderation look like in 2021?

Nov 11, 2021

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A few days ago, I saw a post from Substack co-founders Chris Best and Hamish McKenzie about the lessons of the Facebook Papers reporting. I think it’s worth a quick read:

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The internet needs better rules, not stricter referees

The recent Facebook leaks have prompted a torrent of proposals for fixing social media’s harmful effects on society, including demands for more oversight by company executives, boards, or regulators. None of these addresses the core problem of the attention economy, which no amount of top-down control can fix…

5 years ago · 262 likes · 81 comments · Chris Best and Hamish McKenzie

In it, Best and McKenzie argue that there aren’t any top-down solutions to the problems illustrated in the leaks (which prove once and for all that …

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