If Facebook's security mechanism were 99.99% effective that would still allow thousands of abusive interactions on a platform that has billions a day. This quality control problem can readily be addressed. It needs no intervention by Congressional or other government bodies who are manifestly unclear on the concept.
Despite good faith efforts by Facebook there remains a lack of professionalism in its community governance practices. This core problem is being neglected in the public discourse among loud demands for government censorship, proposals like the repeal of platform legal immunity for user-posted content (taken down upon discovery), breaking up Big Tech, and other heavy-handed government “solutions.”
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