[kictanet] Can Facebook fix its own bug? and what lessons for Kenya Elections 2017?

Wed May 3 21:34:54 EAT 2017

Thank you Wangari,

But you and I both know that the New York times can not one day wake up and
decide to become a social network. We need to respect businesses for what
they want to become not what they are meant to become.

Ahmed

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 12:15 PM, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Blessed Wednesday!
>
> I am compelled to imagine my village chief running after every mad man ,
> or  sending troops after each of us presumably relatively sane ones as we
> have our private gatherings and share our opinions with family and friends.
>
> However, where the line is drawn in the instance of the Facebooks and
> other media touted as "social" and "not editorial news media" is when it
> appears (real or imagined) that they propagate certain kind of views to go
> viral. This was the wholabaloo and yes for the Kenyan elections(or
> anywhere) it should be cause for concern.
>
> Do the Facebooks have the ability and capacity to do this? I suspect we
> may perhaps need to ask the algorithms used.
>
> There is no bargaining, digital consumer education is a must must to be
> enhanced and it is not to be left just to the private sector who creates
> the solutions.
>
> Secondly, with the digital developments, in the real police, there must be
> a new kind of "digital police service", which perhaps should be an
> algorithm.
>
>
> Have a blessed day.
>
> Regards/Wangari
>
> ---
> Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored
> Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on
> Earth".
>
>
> On Wednesday, 3 May 2017, 11:24, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>
> The buck here does not only end with Facebook.
>
> This discussion is very similar to the Privacy Policy discussion. For
> instance, we can enact Privacy Policy on Software and Services but does it
> help that much if the consumer is not aware what a Privacy Policy is and
> what its meant to be all about?
>
> Facebook can add to the situation by making it easier to spot fake news.
> But then, we will argue that:
>
>    1. This will suppress freedom of expression.
>    2. Will beat the purpose or need to have Facebook become a "social
>    platform" instead of a "news platform".
>
> This is why you can report a post as well as have facebook flag a news
> item, but Facebook is not in a position to block it, unless there is
> significant action on the side of the consumer for it to be done so. To
> block it from the source is equal to *censorship*.
>
> There should be more of a drive to have consumers aware of what fake news
> is, how to spot it, and how to report it, and how to get awareness out
> there on what the truth is.
>
> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 6:55 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> Listers
>
> There's no doubt that Facebook has become THE News Platform that humanity
> relies on. The numbers are staggering. Nearly 2 billion people use Facebook
> every month and 1.2 billion daily. It has become a mirror of our lives. In
> more ways than we can imagine.
>
> In 2016 however, Facebook's huge influence in our lives became its biggest
> liability - During the U.S. election, propagandists — some working for
> money, others for potentially state-sponsored lulz — used the service to
> turn fake stories into viral sensations, like the one about Pope Francis’
> endorsing Trump (he hadn’t
> <http://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/did-the-pope-endorse-trump/>). And fake
> news was only part of a larger conundrum. With its huge reach, Facebook has
> begun to act as the great disseminator of the larger cloud of
> misinformation and half-truths swirling about the rest of media. It sucks
> up lies from cable news and Twitter, *then precisely targets each lie to
> the partisan bubble most receptive to it.*
>
> Locally we are seeing similar versions of the problems of the US Election
> being enacted. The most visible one was during the months long doctors'
> strike where pro and against teams were using not only Facebook but twitter
> and Whatsapp to spread truths, half-truths and outright lies.
>
> Should Facebook be held responsible for 'fact-checking' (which by the way
> they have already instituted certain measures to do this) and hire editors
> to 'police' what people post? Or is this a reflection of how society is and
> has nothing to do with Facebook or Social Media at large. The only problem
> with this is that Pre-Social Media lies and fake news usually were confined
> to certain social groups, parties, families etc. Today, you can be an
> instant famous or infamous person by a click of the button.
>
> What can we do in Kenya and Africa in general to ensure this doesn't
> adversely affect our socio and cultural foundations?
>
> Read on:-
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/ 04/25/magazine/can-facebook-
> fix-its-own-worst-bug.html?_r= 0
> <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/magazine/can-facebook-fix-its-own-worst-bug.html?_r=0>
>
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