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   Emeritus Prof Christopher May (chrismayla6@zirk.us)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 21:41:34 JST Emeritus Prof Christopher May

   Is Meta acting in good faith in its attempts to curtail the spread of self-harm content to teenagers?

   Rather than take Meta at their word, Danish researchers set up their own self-harm network, & ratcheted up the explicitness of the content to see at what point Meta would start taking the images down....

   guess what; all Meta's algorithm did was to amplify & spread the messages/posts.

   So, can we trust Meta with children's wellbeing; most certainly not!

   #socialmedia
   https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/30/instagram-actively-helping-to-spread-of-self-harm-among-teenagers-study-suggests

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     TCat likes reality (tcatinreality@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 21:41:40 JST TCat likes reality

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     @ChrisMayLA6

     Of course, Facebook (and all the techbros) are not to be trusted.

     But what surprises me, is where are the whistleblowers? Zuckerberg and Musk don't touch the code. Someone else is changing the algorithm, the weighting and writing/executing the safety policy. Where are those people to warn about the public's safety risks?

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 21:58:01 JST Rich Felker

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     @ChrisMayLA6 This but could we please do away with the framing of "harm to teenagers"? It implies treating teenagers in discriminatory ways, forcing proof of age and identity, etc. are valid solutions when the only real solution is REMOVE THE VECTOR OF HARM regardless of whether the user harmed is a young child or teen or adult.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 22:30:31 JST 翠星石

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     @ChrisMayLA6 If meta really was attempting to do so, they would stop pushing proprietary malware onto teenagers and adults alike, but that wouldn't result in more profit under their current business model would it?
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 22:32:57 JST 翠星石

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     • Zergling_man
     @Zergling_man The article is about "instagram", which isn't "facebook".
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     Zergling_man (zergling_man@sacred.harpy.faith)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 22:32:59 JST Zergling_man

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     @ChrisMayLA6 Imagine being dumb enough to let your kids use facebook