WhatsApp is Finally Going After Outside Firms That Are Abusing Its Platform (techcrunch.com) 36
Tired of taking the flak for helping spread fake news, WhatsApp will start suing parties it finds flouting its rules. Till now, it was only using machine learning to flag accounts that were abusing its anti-spam policies. From a report: The messaging platform, used by more than 1.5 billion users, confirmed on Tuesday that starting December 7 it will start considering signals off its platform to pursue legal actions against those who are abusing its system. The company will also go after individuals who -- or firms that -- falsely claim to have found ways to cause havoc on the service.
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Damage has been done... (Score:4, Informative)
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So your saying is words kill and people don't kill. Right gotcha.
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Oh, so it's a-ok with you if I send a Swat team your way? It ain't the phone call that puts a bullet through your skull after all, it's a Swat-member thinking you're a terrorist with a bomb ready to go off.
Re:Damage has been done... (Score:5, Interesting)
To be honest, it's only because WhatsApp became the dominant tool. It could have happened through any messaging app.
I think the damage spreads faster (Score:2)
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Agreed, Faceboot must be broken up. Not only do they have too much power concentrated in few hands. They have also shown themselves, on a seemingly daily basis, eager to abuse that power for unamerican ends.
We can hope that the flagrant abuses of Faceboot and Big Brother Google will not only lead to their dismemberment; but will rouse the ghost of Teddy Roosevelt and set off a new era of trust-busting. Far too much of our economy is controlled by far to few capitalists. It's time for Uncle Sam to step in an
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Billions of people are like the poster below, Dunbal.
Not sure how Facebook makes money from me sending my wife pictures of our dogs, asking when she's coming home, and telling her I love her.
They don't realise the value of their data, so dismiss it as having no value. The perception of the negatives just got a whole lot lower.
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Re: Damage has been done... (Score:2)
Snooping by Faceboot and other gestapo agencies is one of the negatives.
The positive is widespread zero-cost (for the end user) voice, text, and video communication.
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Most people acknowledge that mob violence isn't anything new in places like India - there have been incidents long before WhatsApp or even the internet existed. But there have been deaths that can be directly attributable to deliberately crafted fake stories shared via WhatsApp, possibly even intending to cause this sort of reaction. You say "deal with the people causing problems", but aren't some of those "people causing problems" the ones crafting the fake stories, inciting violence, as well as the peop
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And ain't that a good enough reason to stop it so at least it won't happen again?
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You can't have a war without propaganda, and you can't really ban prostitution without propaganda either, so they go hand in hand.
That's a start (Score:2)
When are they going to go after internal platform abuse?
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