Vol 6 Chapter 494: A long way to go

? YouTube's Randolph was the first to break the silence, "I think this should indeed be a question we should actively think about now,"

But on Facebook, there is still some hesitation.

They naturally know that YouTube has to do more work in this regard.

YouTube has always censored videos uploaded by users, but that mainly focused on whether it violated intellectual property rights.

"Randolph, your review work has a widely supported legal basis," Mike reminded.

Indeed, YouTube’s relevant review is mainly based on a series of laws protecting intellectual property rights, and many of them are done at the request of copyright infringement companies.

Therefore, the difference between Facebook and YouTube in this regard is that the censorship conducted by YouTube is legal and supported by many users. However, if Facebook conducts related censorship, the public will immediately think of infringing on "freedom of speech." .

"I fully understand everyone's concerns," Feng Yiping nodded, "but we must consider that, based on our current expansion speed and influence, if we do not review, we will definitely face many dilemmas in the future."

"We can think about it, if a well-known user who is followed by many people on our platform will definitely cause controversy, for example, racial remarks like boycott*,"

"Or, deny the Holocaust against the Jews, deny the Holocaust and the crimes of aggression committed by Japan in China,"

"Are we going to leave it alone?"

In this second example, he obviously meant something.

Zuckerberg and Sandberg are both Jewish, and everyone knows that he is a Chinese.

"If such remarks are reposted, shared, and praised by many people through our products, the negative effects will certainly not be the reason why we use'we are just a platform, not a publisher'. Can calm down,"

"Feng, you know, in our terms of service, there are some rules for similar behaviors of users," Sandberg said.

"Yes Sandberg, of course I know this too," Feng Yiping nodded, "but I also know it clearly. It is difficult to determine whether a user's remarks violated relevant terms or not."

"Or, especially when the user's identity is more sensitive, for example, it may be a high-ranking person, it may be a representative of one of our important customers,"

"In that situation, I'm not sure we can respond in time,"

Sandberg originally wanted to refute, in the United States, who is a high-ranking person who would stand up and deny the Holocaust against Jews? But she immediately thought of another example cited by Feng Yiping. In American politics, there are not many guys who support denying jap’s aggression against China, but they definitely do.

If that happens, can Facebook immediately close or delete the account of the relevant person?

In particular, taking such actions against public figures in the political world will most likely be seen as obstructing freedom of speech. As a former government employee, she also knows that doing so will likely cause resistance from the Conservative Party.

And if it is a remark made by a representative of an important customer, it is equally difficult to handle.

At the same time, considering Facebook’s existing customer base, “important customers” are likely to be politicians.

"We can at least be certain that as Facebook continues to grow, hate speech, bullying, and other bad content on the platform will definitely increase,"

"As everyone becomes familiar with social networks and new media, Facebook and YouTube may also be used to disrupt elections, spread viral propaganda, and incite hate speech around the world, leading to deadly political activities, and even, Ethnic cleansing,"

Feng Yiping said these conditions naturally come from his original memory.

Needless to say, disrupt the election through Facebook.

Since Facebook can be used to help elections, it actually means disrupting the election activities of other people.

Later, in the process of promoting the color revolution in the world, the US government took full advantage of social products like Facebook.

But conversely, those anti-American forces, they are also very in place to use social products like Facebook to contact and organize, launch attacks against the United States...

"I think everyone can imagine it from your experience, and what I said must not be alarmist."

"So, the problem is that for censorship, it is very likely that someone will think that we are hindering and violating freedom of speech,"

"But if you don't take relevant measures decisively, it is very likely that in the future, whether it is Facebook or YouTube, it may deviate from our mission of making the world more open and interconnected and become a platform for spreading hatred and fear."

Cummins looked up, "In the future, we are sure we will encounter such a dilemma. This is really tricky."

"On the other hand," Zuckerberg has something to say, "regardless of the possible negative effects of our review measures, even from an implementation perspective, the related processes must be very complicated."

This is also certain.

Formulating relevant clauses and confirming accordingly will definitely not be a simple process, because it involves "freedom of speech."

"Considering the number of our users and the growth rate, it must be a very costly job,"

Obviously, when it comes to similar issues, it is better to be censored manually, and so many users' comments...that is by no means a task that dozens of people can complete.

“I’m not worried about this,” Feng Yiping said. “We can outsource it completely.”

"China and India are both good outsourcing options,"

"Hey," Zuckerberg rubbed his head, "Feng, you are right, if you outsource, the increased cost will not be too much,"

"Feng, I think we should hire professional personnel to deal with such difficult political issues," Cummins proposed, "including design-related clauses and corresponding determinations."

"I agree with Cummins," Sandberg said immediately, "I think this year is a good opportunity for similar appointments. In the government, a large number of professionals will leave soon."

"Some of them, even after leaving the company, can still exert considerable influence in related fields."

Mike also made his own suggestions, "I think it should be necessary to increase investment in public relations lobbying from now on,"

Randolph was thinking about whether he should also say something. Feng Yiping concluded, “I agree with everyone’s opinions, so I think it is very necessary for us to set up an office in Washington to take full responsibility for and coordinate related issues. When we face those tricky situations, we fight for us."

"But guys, I think this is not enough," he said while looking at the others.

"Yes, such measures cannot solve the problem from the ground up," Cummins said immediately, Feng Yiping felt that he glanced at Sandberg, and then said, "At the same time, I have a problem with the former political figures I hired. The performance in dealing with related issues is not very optimistic,"

"As we all know, what politicians are best at is not to deal with problems, but to shirk problems,"

Sandberg smiled upon hearing this.

Because of Summers's relationship, she still has certain connections in politics, and she naturally heard what Cummins meant.

Feng Yiping took all these things in his eyes, so at any time, factions are always inevitable, and internal competition is also inevitable.

But fortunately, his company has performed fairly well in this regard. Based on his own arrangements, he is even less worried about the future development of such problems.

"I want to remind everyone that the above is just one of the thorny issues we will encounter in the future."

"Another thorny problem we may encounter ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is the database we have accumulated and will become larger and larger,"

"These data can be said to be our foundation and our greatest advantage."

"However, this advantage, the huge database we have, may also become our hidden danger,"

"In terms of probability and law, some data may be leaked, and may be improperly used. This will be equally inevitable, right, Xiaozha?" He asked.

"We can only be foolproof," Zuckerberg said, "but, Feng, you are right, there is still the possibility of what you said."

Feng Yiping nodded, "The most difficult problems I think of right now are these two, but I believe that in the future we will encounter more than these two."

"It's just that some of these problems, we haven't seen them yet, or have been concealed by our rapid development,"

"So everyone, a long way to go!"