
It's complicated: Facebook's terrible 2018 - sahin-boydas
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2018/dec/24/facebook-2018-timeline-year-in-review-privacy-scandals
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ethiclub
Does anyone have any good devil's advocate information on Facebook?

\- The company does not seem to have an appropriate ethics board (for the size
of company). There is some mention of an 'ethics AI board' but no real
governance over Ethical conduct and compliance. If there are internal review
boards
([https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/17/facebook-...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/17/facebook-
ethics-but-is-it-ethical)), then it appears that they are thoroughly
compromised, and not providing a level of accountability or serious thought
that anyone will take seriously.

\- There seems to be no intention or effort in achieving ISO standards (apart
from a single ISO:27001 certification for FB Workplace, which was arguably to
provide a 'feature' for the application rather than any ethical move).
Granted, the value of standards and frameworks will always be in dispute, but
these exist for a reason and are a neat 'package' that organizations use to
ensure they are not reinventing the wheel and acknowledging a list of
considerations.

\- Facebook do not seem to maintain an ethics page.

\- They do not seem to have an ethical voice - Nor do they appear to have
anyone even pretending to have an ethical voice. PR from facebook (usually)
manifests as 'We do what we do, and it's fine' rather than 'we will be
introspective about this'. It seems strange that there isn't even any
posturing here.

\- The two types of FB employee that seem to voice insight on public forums
are either a) discontent and being ignored by management or b) drinking the
koolaid and refusing to admit that their practice is unethical.

Ignoring Occam's razor for a moment - Surely there is something to cling on to
here, to provide the principle of charity for Facebook. FB sure are making it
hard for consumers to paint them in any reasonable light.

