For a long time now I have sounded warnings about how Facebook security needed to take serious action against data integrity vulnerabilities. In 2019 I wrote a detailed explanation of how the Chief Security Officer had been shooting messengers since at least 2016, showing an institutional habit of leadership inaction on genocide. Now the results … Continue reading Harms Detailed From Facebook Security Officer’s Inaction
Separating communication and contents is like saying the water utility shouldn’t be in the business of turning your taps into coke machines. That’s the whole thing in a nutshell. Status (like money, ideology and ego) is power, which is a question of authorization and consent. Very different from generic content. Nobody should want 1950s “Mad … Continue reading Simple Guide to Regulating Social Media: How to Breakup Facebook
A post called “The Fall of Facebook” is brutally honest about its executive management: The company’s pursuit of “growth at any cost,” which in biology goes under the name “cancer,” can’t go on forever. There are only two possible outcomes: either the growth is forcibly removed and destroyed, or the growth goes on to kill … Continue reading Facebook Isn’t Just Like Tobacco, It’s Cancer
Facebook is a very invasive platform that fails at transparency. Now they’re promoting a product that’s designed to be invasive without transparency — spy glasses. What is the best defense against such nonsense? The simple answer is a ban. Bans on sunglasses already were a good idea to consider if you care about transparency and … Continue reading RayBan “Incel” Edition: The Latest Case for Facebook Ban