How I Know Facebook Can’t Fix the Problems It Profits From

A young, horny, inebriated Mark Zuckerberg by no means imagined the immature web site he created in his dorm room to rank the hotness of Harvard ladies would ultimately evolve into one in every of the world’s biggest drivers of anti-vaccine disinformation throughout a pandemic that has killed tens of millions.

One would suppose this pressing international disaster would encourage Fb, which now has over 2 billion customers, international affect, and possession of Instagram and Whatsapp, to make use of its immense monetary and human assets to proactively and aggressively take away anti-vaccination disinformation and bad faith actors.

In the event you imagine this, you additionally most likely suppose billionaires would possibly spend their obscene wealth throughout these calamitous occasions on elevating employees’ wages, combating starvation and investing in infrastructure. As an alternative, they’re locked in a race to flee Earth altogether. And, primarily based alone expertise working with Fb, I’d wager closely in opposition to them ever doing the appropriate factor.