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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."
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.
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.
But I don't think cat beheadings were part of their plans.
That can only be the work of the jihadi terrorist group MICE-IS
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
I could do this while at work 'cos all I do is surf the web anyway. Double income would rock.
3000 humans is not even remote to the ballpark of the required number to monitor FB's videos. It is in the ballpark of what is truly required to accelerate the training of the AI-based filters. This is 100% about doing what is necessary to reduce the problem in the only way it can be. To use humans to filter video, news, or any other media in today's volumes can never meet cost requirements.
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
But I don't think cat beheadings were part of their plans.
Exactly. This sounds like an horrific job. They're being paid to watch the nastiest stuff on the Internet and judge if it's going to psychologically harm people.
I knew someone who's job it was to watch terrorist beheading videos and then watch all the gruesome blood, and death bits so it could be cut out to show on the news in a manner that wouldn't traumatise viewers. It's only a matter of time before seeing that stuff is going to affect you.
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.
Even cat juggling was deemed controversial.
Cat juggling can be very beneficial. Picture somebody with a box full of kittens trying to give them away. He'll have a very tough time - Not many people want an extra kitten. BUT, if he starts juggling those kittens he vastly widens the audience of people willing to take those kittens from him. Much more effective. We could organize this approach into The Inhumane Society.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
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.
I knew someone who's job it was to watch terrorist beheading videos and then watch all the gruesome blood, and death bits so it could be cut out to show on the news in a manner that wouldn't traumatise viewers. It's only a matter of time before seeing that stuff is going to affect you.
If viewers didn't get a sanitized version of events there would be more political willpower to do something about people whose agenda includes sawing off the heads of "infidels" with knives.
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.........
Today I found out that cat organs were a real thing.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
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.
No, you clearly don't understand and neither do the people who voted this Insightful.
Showing it in a non-sanitized version is only giving them exactly what they want. You're validating their viewpoint that the people of the West are nothing but vicarious bastards who should cower in fear at what this regime is doing, or worst, demand action that usually doesn't even lead to the destruction of the original culprits and the harming of many an innocent person.
That news channels would show any part of this kind of content is appalling. Its nothing but a sick tool to push a sicker agenda.
Nobody should be exposed to that level of violence and anyone producing such content needs to be silently dismissed, as to not validate their ideas and provoke even more violence.
There's more to it than a lack of political willpower. Nobody, short of the mentally sick, enjoy what's going on. It's just much more complex than a simple lack of willpower to do something.
I tend to rant.