If You Thought Facebook Was Toxic Already, Now It's Replacing Its Human Moderators with AI

Few companies in the history of capitalism have amassed as much wealth and influence as Meta. A global superpower in the information space, Meta — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads — has a market cap of $1.68 trillion at the time of writing, which for a rough sense of scale is more than the gross domestic product of Spain. In spite of its immense influence, none of its internal algorithms can be scrutinized by public watchdogs. Its host country, the United States, has largely turned a blind eye to its dealings in exchange for free use of Meta's vast surveillance capabilities. That lack of oversight coupled with Meta's near-omnipresence as a social utility has had devastating consequences throughout the world, manifesting in crises like the genocide of Muslims in Myanmar, or the systemic suppression of Palestinian rights organizations. How do you uncover the harms caused by one of the most powerful companies on earth? In the case of public violence, th ... Read full article.