Adi Robertson

We've had, I think, about three major in the U.S. presidential election cycles where disinformation was a huge issue. 2016, where there was a lot of discussion in the aftermath about, all right, was there foreign meddling in the election? Were people being influenced by these coordinated campaigns?

We've had, I think, about three major in the U.S. presidential election cycles where disinformation was a huge issue. 2016, where there was a lot of discussion in the aftermath about, all right, was there foreign meddling in the election? Were people being influenced by these coordinated campaigns?

We've had, I think, about three major in the U.S. presidential election cycles where disinformation was a huge issue. 2016, where there was a lot of discussion in the aftermath about, all right, was there foreign meddling in the election? Were people being influenced by these coordinated campaigns?

There was 2020 where deepfakes technically did exist, but generative AI tools were just not as sophisticated. They were not as easy to use. They were not nearly as prevalent. And so there was a huge conversation about what role do social platforms play in preventing general manipulated information. And there was, in a lot of ways, a huge crack down, there was the entire issue of Stop the Steal.

There was 2020 where deepfakes technically did exist, but generative AI tools were just not as sophisticated. They were not as easy to use. They were not nearly as prevalent. And so there was a huge conversation about what role do social platforms play in preventing general manipulated information. And there was, in a lot of ways, a huge crack down, there was the entire issue of Stop the Steal.

There was 2020 where deepfakes technically did exist, but generative AI tools were just not as sophisticated. They were not as easy to use. They were not nearly as prevalent. And so there was a huge conversation about what role do social platforms play in preventing general manipulated information. And there was, in a lot of ways, a huge crack down, there was the entire issue of Stop the Steal.

There are these large movements that are trying to just lie about who won the election. What do we do? There were questions about, all right, do we kick Trump off social networks? These were the locus of debate. And now it's 2024, and we have in some ways I think a little bit of a hangover from 2020 where platforms are really tired of policing this.

There are these large movements that are trying to just lie about who won the election. What do we do? There were questions about, all right, do we kick Trump off social networks? These were the locus of debate. And now it's 2024, and we have in some ways I think a little bit of a hangover from 2020 where platforms are really tired of policing this.

There are these large movements that are trying to just lie about who won the election. What do we do? There were questions about, all right, do we kick Trump off social networks? These were the locus of debate. And now it's 2024, and we have in some ways I think a little bit of a hangover from 2020 where platforms are really tired of policing this.

And so they're dealing with, all right, how do we renegotiate this for the 2024 election? And then you have this whole other layer of generative AI imagery, whether or not you want to technically call it deepfakes is like an open question. And then there are all the layers of how that gets disseminated and whether that turbo charges a bunch of issues that already existed.

And so they're dealing with, all right, how do we renegotiate this for the 2024 election? And then you have this whole other layer of generative AI imagery, whether or not you want to technically call it deepfakes is like an open question. And then there are all the layers of how that gets disseminated and whether that turbo charges a bunch of issues that already existed.

And so they're dealing with, all right, how do we renegotiate this for the 2024 election? And then you have this whole other layer of generative AI imagery, whether or not you want to technically call it deepfakes is like an open question. And then there are all the layers of how that gets disseminated and whether that turbo charges a bunch of issues that already existed.

Yeah, I think that the oversight board, what it tends to do is that is maybe comparable to the Supreme Court is do sophisticated outside thinking about what does a consistent moderation framework look like. But like the Supreme Court in real life does not adjudicate every single complaint that you have. You have a whole bunch of other courts. Facebook doesn't have really those other courts.

Yeah, I think that the oversight board, what it tends to do is that is maybe comparable to the Supreme Court is do sophisticated outside thinking about what does a consistent moderation framework look like. But like the Supreme Court in real life does not adjudicate every single complaint that you have. You have a whole bunch of other courts. Facebook doesn't have really those other courts.

Yeah, I think that the oversight board, what it tends to do is that is maybe comparable to the Supreme Court is do sophisticated outside thinking about what does a consistent moderation framework look like. But like the Supreme Court in real life does not adjudicate every single complaint that you have. You have a whole bunch of other courts. Facebook doesn't have really those other courts.

Facebook has a gigantic army of moderators who don't always necessarily even see its policies. So, yeah, it's this very macro level. We're going to do the big thinking. But also, even at the time, there was the question of, is this really just Facebook or now Meta kind of outsourcing and kicking the can out of its court and putting the hard questions on other people?

Facebook has a gigantic army of moderators who don't always necessarily even see its policies. So, yeah, it's this very macro level. We're going to do the big thinking. But also, even at the time, there was the question of, is this really just Facebook or now Meta kind of outsourcing and kicking the can out of its court and putting the hard questions on other people?

Facebook has a gigantic army of moderators who don't always necessarily even see its policies. So, yeah, it's this very macro level. We're going to do the big thinking. But also, even at the time, there was the question of, is this really just Facebook or now Meta kind of outsourcing and kicking the can out of its court and putting the hard questions on other people?

Yeah. And part of this is also political, that there was a huge, largely, again, in the U.S., right-wing backlash to this, that this was the kind of thing that would get a state attorney general mad at you and get a congressional committee to investigate you. as it ended up doing with pre-Musk Twitter. I think that, yeah, there became a real political price for doing this as well.

Yeah. And part of this is also political, that there was a huge, largely, again, in the U.S., right-wing backlash to this, that this was the kind of thing that would get a state attorney general mad at you and get a congressional committee to investigate you. as it ended up doing with pre-Musk Twitter. I think that, yeah, there became a real political price for doing this as well.