On the ethics of web development
summary
Companies push features that scale harm: Facebook forces “real names” after detecting about 86 million fake accounts and its stock drops ~$20, forcing vulnerable people off the site; Twitter grows to ~400 million users and only turns a profit in Q4 2017 while tolerating violent rhetoric that boosts engagement (CEO net worth cited at $5.7B); Uber builds Greyball to hide from regulators; Amazon’s hiring AI reproduces bias; reporting flows tie into Lumen and Germany’s NetzDG. Ask why and be ready to say no.
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chapters (20)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:46Personal disclaimer
- 2:50Move fast and break things
- 4:13Facebook real name policy
- 6:46Twitter's early days
- 8:10Platforms and hate speech
- 10:48Uber's ethics and venture capital
- 12:33Twitter's enforcement policy
- 15:45Bro culture in tech
- 17:53Edge cases and scale
- 19:22Twitter's reporting system
- 24:20Sexism in tech hiring
- 26:04Diversity and inherent bias
- 29:03Trust in developers
- 30:10Asking why in development
- 33:43The power of saying no
- 36:40Standing up against unethical practices
- 38:52Developers as gatekeepers
- 39:34Recommended reading
- 40:31Q&A on diversity
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