This article discusses Zuckerbegs Facebook manifesto, which outlines the future of Facebook in terms of the changes it wants to bring and the impact it hopes to have on the global community. One area of focus was using artificial intelligence to police content on the platform. Zuckerberg states that Facebook is starting to explore ways to use AI to tell the difference between news stories about terrorism and actual terrorist propaganda so it can be quickly removed in order to prevent their services being used to recruit for a terrorist organization. Throughout the rest of the letter, Zuckerberg emphasises on Facebooks ability to connect people, suggesting that it is the solution to the worlds problems.“Facebook stands for bringing us closer together and building a global community. When we began, this idea was not controversial. Yet now, across the world there are people left behind by globalization, and movements for withdrawing from global connection.". The manifesto also discusses new forms of safety checks, fake news and sensationalism in the media. The spread of information on Facebook, such as “fake news” and sensational click-bait headlines which are amplified by Facebook’s algorithms have lead to increased polarization of the social media site. Zuckerberg claims that “If this continues and we lose common understanding then even if we eliminated all misinformation, people would just emphasize different sets of facts to fit their polarized opinions. That’s why I’m so worried about sensationalism in media.”
I believe that Facebook certainly does have an impact on the global community, and that the manifesto is a positive contribution towards trying to overcome the various problems that the media world have been facing in the past year. The fact that Zuckerberg has outlined various possible changes he wants to bring to Facebook suggests that the social networking site has taken on board its criticisms to bring about change.
This article discusses Trumps attack on the press and media industry at a rally in Florida. Trump has claimed that reporters "are part of the corrupt system", and when he attacked the media, people in the audience screamed their support. In his speech, Mr Trump said he wanted to speak to Americans "without the filter of fake news". Similarly, Mr Trump has attacked the media at a press conference on Thursday, as pressure mounted on his presidency. Throughout the week, Trump had launched attacks on the media, the 76-minute press conference he held on Thursday led to Trump arguing that the reporters "level of dishonesty was out of control", referring to coverage of his campaign's alleged contacts with Moscow.
I believe that Trumps perspective on the media world and the press should be a cause of concern, as he is essentially calling for the press to be moderated to portray him in a manner he finds acceptable. This can be argued to be a form of censorship, and I believe that if he regularly continues to perceive the media as a threat to his presidency he may just possibly make the general public and his supporters turn against the press and journalists despite their positive roles in the public.
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