FACEBOOK'S MARK ZUCKERBERG HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL BE
HIRING 3000 NEW EMPLOYEES TO HELP COMBAT VIOLENCE THAT PEOPLE
ARE SCREAMING ON TO FACEBOOK LIVE.
HE SAID IN A STATEMENT, "OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS WE'VE
SEEN PEOPLE HURTING THEMSELVES AND OTHERS ON FACEBOOK,
EITHER IN LIFE OR VIDEO POSTED LATER.
THE COMPANY WILL ADD 3000
PEOPLE TO ITS GLOBAL COMMUNITY OPERATIONS TEAM TO HELP
REVIEW THE MILLIONS OF REPORTS WE GET EVERY WEEK.
THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THE 4500 PEOPLE ALREADY ON THE TEAM."
THAT COMES JUST WEEKS AFTER A CLEVELAND MURDER WAS STREAMED
LIVE ON THE FACEBOOK, AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT A MAN IN
THAILAND POSTED A VIDEO OF HIM KILLING HIS 11
MONTH-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
AND THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT CASES OF PEOPLE SORT OF BROADCASTING
THESE HORRENDOUS, VIOLENT ACTS ONTO THE SITE.
THEY ARE WORKING TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
THAT CAN PREVENT SOME OF THESE ACTS, BUT IN THE MEANTIME,
HIRING 3000 PEOPLE SEEMS LIKE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
MECHANICAL TURK'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE HIRING.
THAT'S THE NAME OF THAT TYPE OF PERSON WHO DOES A JOB THAT
YOU THINK IS BEING DONE BY A MACHINE.
REALLY?
MECHANICAL TURK'S, YET IT'S BACK FROM, THERE WAS AN EXPO WHERE
SOMEONE WAS LIKE, A LOOK AT MY MACHINE AND WHAT IT'S DOING, BUT
THERE WAS JUST SOMEBODY INSIDE WORKING IT.
WORST JOB EVER, IT SEEMS LIKE.
IF IT'S JUST YOUR JOB, YOU HAVE TO WATCH, FIRST OFF, ANY
FACEBOOK LIVE'S.
INCLUDING THIS ONE THAT WE ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW.
THIS ONE IS FINE, BECAUSE WE PREPARED IT.
BUT THE JOB OF GOING THROUGH THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN
WOULD BE SUCH A TERRIBLE JOB, BUT I'M GLAD THEY ARE DOING IT.
LET ME OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE.
MARK ZUCKERBERG SAYS THAT IN A FEW CASES THEY HAVE ACTUALLY
BEEN ABLE TO STOP PEOPLE FROM COMMITTING SUICIDE, SO EVEN
GOING THROUGH AND WATCHING ALL OF THESE FACEBOOK LIVE STREAMS
THAT WERE BEING REPORTED WOULD PROBABLY BE TEDIOUS, OR MAYBE
ANNOYING, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BEING ABLE TO INTERVENE
AND MAYBE STOP SOMEBODY FROM BEING ñ
SOMEBODY FROM COMMITTING SUICIDE OR A VIOLENT ACT WOULD
ACTUALLY BE A PRETTY AMAZING JOB, I FEEL LIKE.
THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE ARE USING SOME KIND OF NEW TECHNOLOGY IN
THE FURTHERANCE OF GETTING ATTENTION FOR THEIR CRIMES, LIKE
THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND IT'S NOT JUST
FACEBOOK LIVE, BECAUSE BEFORE THAT IT WAS TELEVISION, WE
TALKED ABOUT A ñ THAT ON THE SHOW ONCE.
RADIO?
RADIO, SURE, THE FACT THAT YOU ARE TALKING ON RADIO TO INSPIRE
PANDEMONIUM AND BRING ATTENTION, WAR OF THE WORLDS, IT'S
BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
SOMEONE WAS SHOT ON LIVE TELEVISION.
SO IT IS GOOD THAT FACEBOOK HAS TAKEN THIS INPUT AND MADE A
CHANGE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT TOO, ZUCKERBERG, IT DOESN'T
SEEM LIKE HE IS A NEFARIOUS PERSON.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE NUMBER ONE CONFLICT FACING FACEBOOK,
IS ON THE ONE HAND THEIR BELIEF THAT THEIR TECHNOLOGY CAN
SOLVE ALL THESE PROBLEMS, AND GIVE US ANOTHER CHANCE WE
ARE GETTING THERE, REALLY CLOSE, AND THE REALITY THAT, UNTIL
YOU SOLVE IT, YOU STILL HAVE A BIG PROBLEM, AND THIS IS THEIR
ATTEMPT TO MAKE A GOOD-FAITH EFFORT TO THE POPULATION AT
LARGE TO PUT PEOPLE THERE UNTIL THE AI IS STRONG ENOUGH.
I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT SOME OF
THESE VIOLENT VIDEOS DO GO UP ON FACEBOOK.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OBVIOUS, POLICE
SHOOTINGS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT HAVE BEEN BROADCAST, OR THE
AFTERMATH THAT HAVE BEEN BROADCAST ONTO THE WEBSITE, I
THINK ARE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT GETS PEOPLE TO SEE SOME OF
THE OUTRAGEOUS THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY, AND
AROUND THE WORLD, AND GET OUTRAGED BY IT, AND I GUESS
BUILD COMMUNITIES AROUND IT SO THAT THEY CAN FIGHT AGAINST IT.
SO I DO THINK THAT ASPECT OF IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, SO I WONDER
HOW THE INTERVENING WILL GO.
IF IT'S JUST IN TERMS OF CENSORSHIP, WHICH I THINK
CAN BE DANGEROUS, BUT IF IT'S INTERVENING SO THAT THEY
CAN HELP THE SITUATION, I DO THINK IT COULD HAVE A REAL
POSITIVE IMPACT.
AND LIKE, YOU JUST MENTIONED, ANY INSTANCE OF INJUSTICE,
THE FIRST REACTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE NOW IS PULLING OUT
THEIR PHONES AND EITHER DOCUMENTING IT, OR
SOMETIMES EVEN GOING ON FACEBOOK LIVE AND LIVE STREAMING IT.
AND YOU ARE RIGHT, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IN A LOT OF
POLICE SHOOTINGS, OR EVEN THE UNITED AIRLINES PASSENGER
SCENARIO, WHICH WAS, AGAIN, SOMEWHAT POLICE BRUTALITY
INVOLVED AS WELL, WE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT, AND WE
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACT TO IT.
THAT IS AN UNINTENDED, BUT GREAT CONSEQUENCE OF THIS NEW
TECHNOLOGY; THE ABILITY TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THE
REST OF THE WORLD IMMEDIATELY, AND WHILE IT'S HAPPENING.
IT'S A TOOL, IT'S A FORUM, FOR THE MOST PART PEOPLE USE IT IN
DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE SHOW YESTERDAY,
THERE HAVE BEEN SITUATIONS WHERE FACEBOOK ITSELF HAS INFLUENCED
PEOPLE'S OUTLOOK ON THE WORLD.
THEIR BEHAVIOR, WHEN THEY READ MORE NEGATIVE STORIES, THIS
IS FACEBOOK COMING TO THE REALIZATION THAT, IN ADDITION
TO BEING THIS FORUM FOR PEOPLE TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH
IT, THERE IS SOME RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE, AND
IT SEEMS HERE THAT THIS IS ONE WAY THAT THEY ARE TAKING IT.
WE STILL NEED TO HOLD THEM RESPONSIBLE.
YEAH, I THINK THEY ARE REALIZING HOW INFLUENTIAL THEY ARE.
WHEN ñ BUT WHEN YOU CAN POTENTIALLY STOP A VIOLENT ACT,
WHERE THINGS ARE SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE AND CHANGING THE WAY
THAT PEOPLE ARE PROTESTING, AND THE LEGISLATION THAT'S
HAPPENING, I DO THINK THAT IS A DIFFERENT --