Social Morays Exist Within a Community

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Social morays exist within the context of a community. And when you have all these people around you that are just like you, that it almost encourages it to push to its logical extension is both a powerful but also a somewhat terrifying thought. When viewed through the context of topics just like what we're talking about, it makes it much clearer to me how, for example, people get radical ed or child's sexual abuse is exploded on line. Yes. We have encountered a u k versus us. English word. I say, mores a. morrey? But no, it's exactly right. And i think, particularly in the west, it's easy to sort of not see this

Ben and James discuss Facebook from multiple angles, including child sexual abuse material, encryption, Oculus, and a leaked all-hands meeting.

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Ben Thompson: Friction — Stratechery
The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong? — New York Times
Ben Thompson: Child Sexual Abuse Material Online, The Problem With Community, Towards More Friction — Stratechery
Casey Newton: Read The Full Transcript of Mark Zuckerberg’s Leaked Internal Facebook Meetings — The Verge
Ben Thompson: Facebook’s All-Hands Leak, Facebook Versus Warren, Zuckerberg’s Culture
— Stratechery
Attorney General Bill Barr Will Ask Zuckerberg To Halt Plans For End-To-End Encryption Across Facebook’s Apps — BuzzFeed News
Ben Thompson: Facebook’s Privacy Cake — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Beachheads and Obstacles — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: The Curse of Culture — Stratechery