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I feel like we are losing track of what an 'editorial' function is. We can talk about personalization algorithms, but they aren't editorial.Permalink On twitter.com
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A company is performing editorial duties when individual pieces of content meet human decision making which may spike, alter or add context.Permalink On twitter.com
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Notably, that is also the line at which liability for publication is often considered to have been assumed. This matters a lot in the web.On twitter.com
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Notably, your humans have to have the capability to do all those things to be considered performing 'editorial' duties.Permalink On twitter.com
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Not a lawyer, but line of liability prob heavily considered at Facebook. When trending had human editors they prob could've gotten FB sued.Permalink On twitter.com
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The revelation that Facebook's editors were actually performing editorial duties should have been more alarming than any alleged bias.Permalink On twitter.com
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I'd bet that had as much to do with the dissolution of the program than any scent of partisanship, b/c Facebook doesn't want to be editorialPermalink On twitter.com
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And now it is no longer editorial and likely never will be again. Why? Editors get sued. Algorithms don't.Permalink On twitter.com
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I spent hours w/lawyers talking about this when I set up a blog network and the line is super thin and super fuzzy, w/o a lot of precedentPermalink On twitter.com
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But line is there & line that separates Facebook from being an editorial company is related to it not being liable for posts making threatsPermalink On twitter.com
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This has been 'I am not a lawyer, don't take this as legal advice' hour. Remember, editorial requires humans making decisions about content.Permalink On twitter.com
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