Friday, November 03, 2017
Continuous Crisis
The large social media and tech firms are facing a continuous crisis with Russia meddling in US elections. If they shut one door to interference, hackers will find another to penetrate. Added to these problems is the role model Russia has become. That is, if Russia can intrude, why not another country or political entity? Google, Facebook and Twitter have a long and difficult journey ahead of them to shut off spigots of fake news and propaganda. They can tweak their algorithms, but that will only go so far. They can hire editors and researchers, but that is expensive. Chances are they will settle on a solution that is a bit of both, but they will have difficulty with experts gaming their systems. They are now in a protracted war to provide truthful information to users, and it is possible they will be hailed before House and Senate committees after the next election for the same meddling.
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