Whenever the Congressional spotlight falls on Zuckerberg, he's always sorry. He always declares he will do better. Just like America itself when caught in a spotlight. No matter how damaging the wrong, it's never really America, after all! Zuckerberg, too, claims, it's not really Facebook, after all! As Haugen states, "Facebook isn't just his job; it's his identity." How do you, then, argue with someone who "depends upon not understanding" what all the fuss is about?
I don't expect Zuckerberg to recognize his connection to humanity. He's on the side of the algorithms.
According to Sara Collins, policy counsel at Public Knowledge, one of the 40 organizations in the How to Stop Facebook campaign, "The harms described by Ms. Haugen are fueled by unrestrained data collection and data use" ( Commondreams ). Another member organization, Fight for the Future, explains that Facebook uses "surveillance-driven algorithms to pick and choose what content goes viral and what content no one sees, in order to keep us all on the platform."
Who believes these surveillance-driven algorithms will ever speak to the safety of Black Americans?
" Facebook's surveillance capitalist business model," states Myaisha Hayes, director of Media Justice, "is fundamentally incompatible with basic human rights, and disproportionately harms Black and brown communities by silencing our voices while artificially amplifying racist and harmful content."
In the end, no one is safe in a Fascist state. So, yes, another fight to add to the struggle for democracy in America.
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