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Facebook Hiring 3,000 To Monitor Videos After Murders, Violence Shown Live (usatoday.com)
Facebook will add 3,000 more people to its community team to review videos on the social network, says CEO Mark Zuckerberg, after several surfaced in recent weeks including a father livestreaming the killing of his daughter. From a report: In a statement published to Facebook on Wednesday, Zuckerberg says it is "heartbreaking" to see videos streamed or posted to the platform showing users "hurting themselves or others." He says 4,500 employees currently work on the community team reviewing reports on videos, and will add 3,000 over the next year. "If we're going to build a safe community, we need to respond quickly," said Zuckerberg. "We're working to make these videos easier to report so we can take the right action sooner -- whether that's responding quickly when someone needs help or taking a post down." Will Oremus, reporter at Slate said, "I asked Facebook whether the 3,000 new content-moderation jobs will be employees or contractors. The company declined to comment."
Sounds like a job for anyone who ever said "I want to be paid for watching Cat Videos"
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
Being a censor is becoming the biggest segment of Facebook employment.
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
Will Oremus, reporter at Slate said, "I asked Facebook whether the 3,000 new content-moderation jobs will be employees or contractors. The company declined to comment."
Ironically, they'll be hired from the same foreign worker pool that's being paid to post the videos in the first place.
this is a step in the right direction, but I think the responsible thing to do -- and something facebook is actually in a position to pursue, unlike some companies -- is focus on machine learning etc to better identify such videos without causing unnecessary psychological damage to human reviewers.
Where's the violence-detection AI bots?
Sounds like a great idea for a sca.....new AI company.
Table-ized A.I.
It is a deep mistake to react to a single event by responding with a massive response unless that event really is genuinely damaging. This is akin to how one idiot tried to light his shoes on fire on an airplane and now we all need to take off our shoes when going through security. This is an overreaction at its most basic. Unfortunately, given PR and politicians grandstanding about how awful this is, this may be Facebook's best option.
step by step
the internet dies
per public demand
I could do this while at work 'cos all I do is surf the web anyway. Double income would rock.
The psychological damage will require them to hire 4500 new employees every few months.
Ironically, part of those previous 4500 employees will be the ones posting violent videos in the future.
#DeleteFacebook
Facebook isn't a government agency.
They can do whatever they want with regards to hosting or not hosting videos. Hell, they could decide tomorrow that they don't want the hassle any more, and stop supporting video posting and live feeds.
Mr. Hu is not a ninja.
and when some get's off for live murder as Facebook messed up the chain of evidence
And how exactly are they going to accomplish that? Their blocking afaik is all based on after the fact video they have to check.
Someone saw it being livestreamed that's how it got reported.
As far as the police brutality thing goes the united airlines video was pulled off the front page of reddit at least twice due to a policy prohibiting police brutality videos. IIRC they finally just posted a video of someone walking down the aisle so the story could stay on the front page.
Minimum threshold fixed. Thanks!
The psychological damage will require them to hire 4500 new employees every few months.
This can be solved by careful psychological screening of applicants. Only hire the sociopaths.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
if facebook is the only thing keeping society at bay from anarchy... i guess my nuclear shelter will definitely pay off.
Seems like you could look for keywords in comments and hyperlinking of new videos to flag bad ones.
love is just extroverted narcissism
Won't someone please think of the childr^H^H^H^H^H^Hshareholders?
Have gnu, will travel.
Hopefully their are good medical benefits. Some of Youtube's human censors have quit and been diagnosed with PTSD due to all the disgusting, traumatic, and disturbing videos some people try to upload to youtube.
https://www.theguardian.com/te...
Watching a violent video online can lead to PTSD, inducing nightmares, anxiety and panic attacks. One study study found that people who watched traumatic events on video were more traumatized than those who watched it in real life.
So, yes, watching a traumatic video is definitely unsafe. And I sincerely help that Facebook provides psychological help to their workers who will be screening for these disturbing videos.
Yes. That's why we need tons more H-1B. America has no next generation to speak of.
Where do you think all the new hires are coming from?
Have people apply for doing live video...maybe make them send in some samples to be judged first...that way no one could do it on a whim.
Another idea, if you get live stream privs, why not have noobs have 30 second or a min or two delay...? That way folks could maybe monitor them and cut them before they hit the air.
Hell, even Richard Pryor on SNL years back was on like a 3-5 second delay. Why not the common person trying to post on FB?
I'm just thinking ways to screen at the beginning to keep people from posting horrible things like this and trying to get "famous" on FB by killing someone live, etc.
Screen before you give these privileges and you just might save a life....
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Live streaming for individuals is probably a net detriment for society.
There are way too many tools that allow you to completely fuck up in life and broadcast it to the world.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
Twice I've reported a non-live video posted to Facebook with homicide in it. Not an artistic re-enactment or imaging. Actual people being killed. Within an hour I got a response saying it didn't violate Community Standards. So clearly, hiring a bunch of people is not enough. They have to know how to enforce policy. Higher-ups also need to draft a better policy.
"Love heals scars love left." -- Henry Rollins
Good thing your anatomically equipped to prevent viewing such material. You have these two flaps of skin capable of obscuring your vision in [wait for it] a blink of eye.
Sounds like a job for anyone who ever said "I want to be paid for watching Cat Videos"
As always, be careful what you wish for as this posting reminds us...
Live + People = CRAZY! It's psychology. People en-masse are bat-shit-fucking-nuts. If an individual who is crazy and seeks to hurt himself or others, and they have the ability to broadcast to the world, live, in their pockets, they will do it. This is on facebook for introducing live video capabilities with no way to police who can/can't broadcast. This is why Television standards and stuff were invented. But you millennials think you know everything and that everyone is peachy. Welcome to reality. It's a brutal place.
It seems one of the first things to do...is NOT just let anyone post live on FB (or the other platforms) as a default capability.
Here is an even better solution: Grow and realize that bad stuff happens and it will happen whether or not it is posted live on FB. Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it is not happening, and if you don't want to see it then CLOSE YOUR BROWSER TAB.
None of the things mentioned are FB's "fault", and "more censorship" is NOT the answer.
Then who's going to work for governments?
#DeleteFacebook
Once you've decided to kill someone, nothing Facebook does will stop you. But it sounds more like you're suggesting Facebook itself is what incites people to commit murder... I'll just let the ridiculousness of that assertion speak for itself. Not that the Trumpesque "vetting" you proposed would do much to stop a killer, whatever the motivation. They're already choosing to put up with being the target of a multi-state law enforcement manhunt. I'd like to see Facebook try raising that bar. Actual users would start moving to Tinychat, Youtube, Snapchat, Skype, Google Hangouts...
Really this is just about Facebook's PR. Lately they feel like they have to project an air of social responsibility. Which is great, our corporations should serve the society that birthed them. But they are concerned about smells, not substance. Substance would be making those 3000 employees *real* employees with fair pay, benefits, and conditions - not hiding it behind a contractor to make their own numbers look better. What I think is that the contract is going to get cancelled before the end of the year, when the heat from the press is off.
It's like when Apple decided to replace the pistol emoji with a water gun. They do inconsequential things like this and then get a round of applause for their "brave stance against gun violence".
Til their "people" censor & take down a video they deem not appropriate. They will holler & complain of (insert your favorite anti-something phrase) and it will be bad PR for Fakebook. Best thing would be to SHUT DOWN live video, and put a self censored minimum 30 minute delay. To the person posting the video, they are "live" but it buffers through the Fakebook monitors, and goes through once they give it the good housekeeping seal of approval. A lot of live TV & Radio shows have several seconds delay, why not this?
Psychopaths post live on FB, making it easier to find them and remove from sane society.
In the long run, psychopaths are greatly reduced.
I suppose FB could use some employees to give us a warning to the live video content ahead, so common people don't get PTSD.
No, the Stasi did not stop people live streaming murders on their social network.
Did you get hit in the head or something?