Facebook, Twitter, YouTube failed to moderate their platforms. We need change

Getty Images It took a mob-fueled insurrection, but Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey finally grasped the enormity of the damage and harm President Donald Trump has done by weaponizing their influential social media platforms, and they banned him, permanently on Twitter and “indefinitely” on Facebook, from continuing to post incendiary lies about the 2020 election.But it’s no longer about Trump. Facebook and Twitter need radical change. It’s time for social media companies to let someone else moderate their platforms. Editors’ top picks Subscribe to CNET Now for the day’s most interesting reviews, news stories and videos. Facebook and its Instagram photo sharing site, Twitter, Google’s YouTube, and other social networks pay tens of thousands of people to identify and respond to bad behavior. Many of those employees are located outside the US, where fewer benefits and lower hourly wages are common.That process hasn’t worked well, as evidenced by the many stories we’ve had to write about the terrible videos, misleading posts and dangerous lies that need to be taken down but that have already been viewed and shared millions of times.  » Read More