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When houses fall they fall they kill people.

And houses are not free.



Need I remind you of the genocide in Myanmar organised to a large degree on social media, or the threat to political dissidents all over the world when authorities or malicious actors can get their hands on leaked, private data of individuals?

Are you seriously suggesting that information in this day and age does not have the power to directly cause harm, including lethal harm, to people?


I am suggesting that Facebook is free, fleeting software, and that people shouldn't put a huge host of stock in it. Even legally.

Also - that it can be used for organizing bad behaviours is an entirely different subject that has little to do with quality or security.


If Facebook were free and its company had a completely hands-off approach with your data, much like a company that makes paper notepads never looks at what you write, I'd agree.

But Facebook is a company that actively snoops and uses the data of its resources, the end-user. It's like a security guard who's paid to prevent shoplifting actively ignoring violent crimes because it's not related to stealing, or a baby food company ignoring that some metal got into their food because the food is still OK if you pick out the metal bits.


I think you make a good point, at the same time, it's nary impossible to decide right from wrong on the internet, there are many sides to every story.

If the government wants to hire people to decide what counts as what - they should do that.




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