Lord-Octohoof
Lord-Octohoof t1_j0i74vt wrote
Reply to comment by gwdope in HTC plans to reveal its Meta Quest competitor next month by elister
Can you elaborate on how they enabled genocide?
Lord-Octohoof t1_j0hq3rw wrote
Reply to comment by Noxnoxx in HTC plans to reveal its Meta Quest competitor next month by elister
While I get the reservation the truth is you're going to have to make an account for any product you use and they'll all be tracking the same thing.
You don't use Xbox, Playstation, or Steam without an account registered to the company
Lord-Octohoof t1_j0id9cc wrote
Reply to comment by greegrok in HTC plans to reveal its Meta Quest competitor next month by elister
I mean I know what the OP was referring to I'm just wondering if he understands it.
Facebook didn't enable the Myanmar genocide outside of being a social media platform that anyone can use for whatever mundane or nefarious purposes they wish. In this instance a hostile government regime used it to spread propaganda and target specific groups of people. Facebook failed to detect this because they lacked a Burmese speaking moderation team so a lot of this behavior flew under their radar. And to their credit they responded to this by expanding their moderation team.
So to pretend like it was something they intentionally enabled is a stretch. It's something they failed to proactively prevent but content moderation isn't easy in one language let alone all of them.
By comparison Reddit isn't innocent. The January 6th insurrection was planned in plain sight in r/Conservative and r/The_Donald promoted violence for years before it was finally banned for calling for hostility against police. And those are just two examples specific to America. There are dozens of subreddits that promote violence against specific ethnic groups, religions, and sexual orientations and moderation is almost non-existent since it's left up to admins of that particular community.