I am trying to imagine how things could get worse for Facebook. I’m having difficulty. Of one thing I am certain, however, things cannot possibly get better without there being some sort of transparency mechanism which has a strong independent element built in. There have been just too many ex post facto hand wringing apologies. We still don’t know anything about how, for example, their so-called “Safety Advisory Board” works, yet we do know that at least one of its members – Childnet International – was recently rewarded with a grant of £500,000. What are we to make of that? For more see an old blog of mine.
Facebook and a lack of transparency
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John Carr is one of the world's leading authorities on children's and young people's use of the internet and digital technologies. He is a former Senior Technical Adviser to Bangkok-based global NGO ECPAT International and a former Secretary of the UK's Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety. John has advised the Council of Europe, the UN (ITU), UNODC, the EU and UNICEF. A former member of Microsoft's Policy Board for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and a former Vice President of Mspace, he has also advised several of the world's largest technology companies on online child safety and ethical investors with shares in high tech businesses. John's skill as a writer has also been widely recognised. http://johncarrcv.blogspot.com and https://substack.com/@johnc1912 View all posts by John Carr
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