{"id":110640,"date":"2025-02-26T06:15:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T06:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/accounting\/safety-as-a-cost-centre-in-facebook\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T06:15:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T06:15:33","slug":"safety-as-a-cost-centre-in-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=110640","title":{"rendered":"Safety as a cost centre in Facebook?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-photo-592600.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3527\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/2021\/12\/06\/safety-as-a-cost-centre-in-facebook\/pexels-photo-592600\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-photo-592600.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1880,1253\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"red and white children playing road signage\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by Roly Vasquez on &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/red-and-white-children-playing-road-signage-592600\/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Pexels.com&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-photo-592600.jpeg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-photo-592600.jpeg?w=479\" width=\"1880\" height=\"1253\" src=\"https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-photo-592600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-photo-592600.jpeg 1880w, https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-photo-592600.jpeg?w=150&amp;h=100 150w, https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-photo-592600.jpeg?w=300&amp;h=200 300w, https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-photo-592600.jpeg?w=768&amp;h=512 768w, https:\/\/martinjquinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pexels-photo-592600.jpeg?w=1024&amp;h=682 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1880px) 100vw, 1880px\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Photo by Roly Vasquez on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/red-and-white-children-playing-road-signage-592600\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pexels.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In October, a former Facebook employee Frances Haugen told the UK parliament that Facebook \u201cviews safety as a cost centre and not an investment for growth\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/business\/live-news\/facebook-papers-internal-documents-10-25-21\/h_53c72f38eb5d716e60b8808c3bfdaf3e\">CNN<\/a>). This made me think of two things.<\/p>\n<p>First, what is a cost centre. A simple definition is some unit, part of function of an organisation for which costs can be identified and for which a manager can be held responsible. I am sure Facebook can identify the costs associated with keeping people safe online, and there could\/should be a cost centre manager. Whether Facebook actually does have someone responsible for what it might define as \u201csafety\u201d on its platforms is questionable \u2013 and not a debate for here. <\/p>\n<p>Second, it reminded me of lessons learned in manufacturing. I recall comments about safety being one of those things which did not deliver a readily visible \u201creturn\u201d. However, the outcomes of not having a safe work environment would be visible \u2013 injuries, downtime, even death. Thus, drawing on Haugen\u2019s words safety may have been an investment not for growth (in sales, profits), but an investment to saving greater costs \u2013 cost of legal claims in a financial sense, or the moral costs of having employees injured or worse. With this in mind, I wonder if part of the problem for social media companies is that the effects of \u201cpoor safety\u201d are not visible as they happen in locations far removed from their offices. Of course, the content reviewers at social media companies are exposed to all forms of content and I really sympathise with them.<\/p>\n<p>To take a line from the comedy Father Ted, \u201chere is a mad idea\u201d for all social media companies, thinking safety, costs, and revenue at the same time.  It is a thought I have had for a while, but never considered writing about or developing. Everyone joining your platform must provide a credit card with a minimum limit of say $\/\u00a3\/\u20ac 500 (maybe more). As AI is more able to filter content, if any content posted is unsafe, offensive, untrue etc, take a substantial charge from the card. This could reduce costs internally, put the onus back to the keyboard warriors to behave and make the social media world a safer place. I am sure someone will say this would reduce user numbers, but safe and responsible firms are the ones that tend to survive. Something to consider for Mr Zuckerberg and others perhaps<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Roly Vasquez on Pexels.com In October, a former Facebook employee Frances Haugen told the UK parliament that Facebook \u201cviews safety as a cost centre and not an investment for growth\u201d (CNN). This made me think of two things. First, what is a cost centre. 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