What's So Interesting About Local Language Competitors?

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Facebook has created a situation where 80 to 90 % of that language's representation is actually happening on his platform. He's displaced the comp ors who can counter speech against anything he's saying. So this is, i see this almost like a rack times a thousand, because you're going into hundreds of countries and into all these diferent oukno tribes,. except you have no capacity now. But you can't say that it's not your responsibility. And so one thing i find interesting is, like almost going back to the kind of colan powell pottery barn rule when he said to george w bush, if you break it, you buy it, you know?

This summer, Facebook unveiled “2Africa,” a subsea cable project that will encircle nearly the entire continent of Africa — much to the surprise of Julie Owono. As Executive Director of Internet Without Borders, she’s seen how quickly projects like this can become enmeshed in local politics, as private companies dig through territorial waters, negotiate with local officials and gradually assume responsibility over vital pieces of national infrastructure. “It’s critical, now, that communities have a seat at the table,” Julie says. We ask her about the risks of tech companies leading us into an age of “digital colonialism,” and what she hopes to achieve as a newly appointed member of Facebook’s Oversight Board.