Chapter 2652 A Long Way to Go

Randolph of YouTube was the first to break the silence, "I think this is indeed a question we should actively think about now,"

But Facebook is still a little hesitant.

They are naturally aware that YouTube has done more work in this regard.

YouTube has always reviewed videos uploaded by users, but it mainly focuses on whether it infringes on intellectual property rights.

"Randolph, the review you are conducting has a widely supported legal basis," Mike reminded.

Indeed, YouTube's related reviews are mainly based on a series of laws to protect intellectual property rights, and many of them are done at the request of the copyright-infringed companies.

So the difference between Facebook and YouTube in this regard is that YouTube's current review is legal and supported by many users, but if Facebook conducts relevant reviews, the public will immediately think of infringing "freedom of speech."

"I fully understand everyone's concerns," Feng Yiping nodded, "but we must consider that based on our current expansion speed and influence, if we do not censor, we will definitely face many dilemmas in the future,"

"We can think about it, if a well-known user on our platform, who is followed by many people, makes some controversial remarks, such as racial remarks like boycotting ***,"

"Or deny the Holocaust of Jews by **, deny the massacre and aggression committed by Japanese ** in China,"

"We also let it go?"

This second example, he obviously meant something.

Zuckerberg and Sandberg are both Jewish, and everyone knows that he is Chinese.

"If such remarks are also forwarded, shared, and liked by many people through our products, the negative effects caused will definitely not be calmed by the reason that we are just a platform, not a publisher,"

"Feng, you know, our terms of service have some regulations for similar user behaviors," Sandberg said.

"Yes, Sandberg, I am certainly aware of this," Feng Yiping nodded, "but I also know that it is difficult to determine whether a user's speech violates the relevant terms," ​​

"Or, especially when the user's identity is sensitive, for example, it may be a person of high power, or a representative of one of our important customers,"

"In that case, I am not sure we can respond in time,"

Sandberg originally wanted to refute that in the United States, which person of high power would stand up to deny the Holocaust against the Jews? But she immediately thought of another example given by Feng Yiping. In the American political circle, there are not many people who support denying JAP's aggression against China, but there are definitely some.

If such a situation occurs, can Facebook immediately close or delete the accounts of the relevant people?

In particular, taking such actions against public figures in the political circle will most likely be regarded as obstructing freedom of speech. As a former government employee, she also knows that if she really does that, it will most likely cause a boycott by the Conservative Party.

And if a representative of an important customer makes such remarks, it will also be difficult to deal with.

At the same time, considering Facebook's existing customer base, "important customers" are likely to be politicians.

"We can at least be sure that as Facebook continues to grow, hate speech, bullying and other bad content on the platform will surely grow,"

"As people become more familiar with social networks and new media, Facebook and YouTube may also be used to disrupt elections, spread viral propaganda, and incite hate speech around the world, leading to deadly political activities and even ethnic cleansing,"

These situations mentioned by Feng Yiping naturally come from his original memories.

Disrupting elections through Facebook is needless to say.

Since Facebook can be used to help elections, it actually means disrupting the election activities of others.

And later, the US government made good use of social products such as Facebook in the process of promoting color revolutions in the world.

But on the other hand, those anti-American forces also use social products such as Facebook to communicate and organize, and launch attacks against the United States...

"I think, with everyone's experience, you can imagine that what I said must not be alarmist,"

"So, the problem is that if we conduct censorship, it is very likely that some people will think that we are hindering and infringing on freedom of speech,"

"But if we don't take decisive measures, it is very likely that both Facebook and YouTube will deviate from our mission of making the world more open and connected in the future and become a platform for spreading hatred and fear,"

Cummins raised his head, "In the future, we will definitely encounter such a dilemma, which is indeed very tricky,"

"On the other hand," Zuckerberg has something to say, "Not considering the negative impact of our censorship measures, even from the execution level, the relevant processes must be very complicated,"

This is also certain.

Formulating relevant provisions and confirming them accordingly will not be a simple process, because it involves "freedom of speech."

"Given the number of users we have and the rate of growth, it must be a very expensive undertaking,"

Obviously, when it comes to similar issues, for the sake of safety, it is best to review manually, and with so many comments from so many users... that is by no means a task that can be completed by dozens of people.

"I'm not worried about this," Feng Yiping said. "We can definitely outsource it."

"China and India are both good outsourcing options,"

"Hey," Zuckerberg rubbed his head, "Feng, you are right. If you outsource, the increased cost will not be too much,"

"Feng, I think we should hire professionals to deal with such thorny political issues," Cummins suggested, "including designing relevant provisions and making corresponding determinations,"

"I agree with Cummins," Sandberg said immediately. "I think this year is a good opportunity to make similar hires. In the government, a large number of professionals will soon leave."

"Some of them, even after leaving their jobs, can still exert considerable influence in related fields."

Mike also expressed his suggestion, "I think it is necessary to increase investment in public relations and lobbying from now on."

Just as Randolph was wondering if he should say something, Feng Yiping concluded, "I agree with everyone's opinions, so I think it is very necessary for us to set up an office in Washington to be fully responsible for and coordinate related issues. Fight for us when we face those tough situations,"

"But everyone, I think this is not enough," he said, looking at the few.

"Yes, such measures cannot fundamentally solve the problem," Cummins said immediately. Feng Yiping felt that he glanced at Sandberg and then said, "At the same time, I am very concerned about the former politicians who were hired. The performance in dealing with related issues is not very promising,”

"As we all know, what politicians are best at is not solving problems, but deflecting problems,"

Sandberg smiled.

Because of Summers' relationship, she still had certain connections in the political world, so she naturally understood what Cummings meant.

Feng Yiping takes all this into account, so factions are inevitable at any time, and internal competition is also inevitable.

But fortunately, his company's performance in this regard is pretty good. Based on his own arrangements, he is not worried about the future development of such problems.

"I would like to remind everyone that the above is just one of the difficult problems we will encounter in the future,"

"Another thorny issue that we may encounter is the databases that we accumulate and get bigger and bigger,"

"These data can be said to be our foundation and our greatest advantage,"

"However, this advantage, this huge database that we have, can also become our hidden danger,"

"In terms of probability and law, some data may be leaked and may be used improperly. This will be equally inevitable, right Xiao Zha?" he asked.

"We can only strive to be foolproof," Zuckerberg said. "But, Feng, you are right, there is still a possibility that the situation you mentioned will occur,"

Feng Yiping nodded, "The most difficult problems that come to my mind right now are these two, but I believe that we will encounter more than these two in the future."

"It's just that we haven't seen some of these problems yet, or they have been covered up by our rapid development,"

"So everyone, we still have a long way to go!"