Bad Tech News: Facebook Live-Stream Faces Backlash!

Facebook is facing serious backlash for posting and dissemination of hate-filled videos of the NZ massacre. As per the statistics are given by Facebook, the live streaming of NZ terror attack got 4000 views before it was taken down by the social media platform. However, this video was still circulated after being taken down which has created great controversy. 

Investors have expressed their concerns over the situation and they are not trusting the company in terms of content and policies anymore. Facebook tried to clear the air by mentioning that in the 24 hours of the incident, it shunned 1.2 million uploads of the massacre video. 

“Hedge funds who were previously complacent about the recent negative headlines are raising eyebrows on the news overnight and the departure of two top executives also were “concerning -- especially given that the conflict was over strategy.” Lynx Equity Strategies analyst Jahanara Nissar mentioned in her note. 

World leaders are urging social media platforms to have transparent policies in order to avoid such situations in the future. This is need of the hour and in order to bring peace and stability to the society, proper policies must be designed.

Facebook In Trouble After Spreading Of Violent Videos!

Last year Facebook had received great criticism from its users around the globe for the dissemination of violent videos. The range and reach of the social media platform are being questioned around the globe. Whether it is helping the society or creating more issues, the status of Facebook and its role in the formation of societal and global fabric is under question. 

Prompt actions were not taken by facebook in tackling the dissemination of violent attack video of NZ terror attack. The long video of the violent attack was available on the platform and was viewed as by a  number of people around the globe. Several countries are taking significant actions in order to tackle and counter the negative effects of dissemination of such violent acts. They believe that leading companies have failed in tackling this menace and it is time to take constitutional steps to avoid such acts in the future. 

The UK Home Secretary stated that "It is imperative that the global community works together to ensure that technology firms meet their moral obligation to protect the communities which they serve and from which they profit".  In a similar manner, grave concerns were expressed by New Zealand’s prime minister and Scott Morrison, Australian.    

Civil society has stepped forward in order to create awareness about the positive use of social media. Several online initiatives are being taken to avoid any violent atrocity in the future.

Facebook Not Doing Much To Stop The Hate Speech From Getting Published

Among many other cases of hate speech being published on Facebook, more than 1,000 anti-Rohingya posts were found which intended to spread hate and terror. According to a newsagent, Facebook is continuously being used as a mean to prompt violence against Muslim group regardless of the fact that the company has repeatedly promised to get the issue resolved quickly. The agent told that some of the content has been there for years and nobody has ever raised voice against its publication.

According to Reuters, the majority of the anti-Rohingya comments, posts, and videos were done using the Burmese language. The comments and posts mostly threatened Rohingya citizens and in some places, the community was regarded as dogs, maggots, and rapists.

In an interview, Facebook acknowledged that it had initially acted slowly to tackle the issue of hate speech spreading and said that "We're now working hard to ensure we're doing all we can to prevent the spread of misinformation and hate”.

It was reported that as more people watched anti-Rohingya content over Facebook, more hatred started to spread in the area. Reporters tell that this is not the first time that Facebook is being reported as spreading hate speech by allowing extremist content to get published. Though the company continues to tell that all these are nothing but false allegations and that they are doing everything that they can to stop hate speech from getting published over their platform.  

-Jahanara Nissar (Equity Analyst)

NZ Massacre Unveils Facebook’s Vulnerabilities

Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is facing backlash after the terrorist attack on Christchurch mosques was live streamed. 

Facebook is facing scrutiny after the horrible live stream of NZ massacre that claimed lives of 49 people. Thousands of people have tweeted negative sentiments via tweets and have expressed hatred regarding the policies and functioning of the social media platform. Even though negative sentiments have an off and on scenario, Facebook is experiencing thousands of negative sentiments since July in the form of the comments.
 

Shares have dropped 2.5 percent and it is a great shock for Mark Zuckerberg.

Source: https://gulfnews.com/business/facebooks-vulnerabilities-highlighted-during-a-terrible-week-1.62733828