Re: Ideas for policies to protect Suggested Tiles users' data

On 4/24/2015 7:12 PM, Chris Hofmann wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 9:04 AM, Philip Chee <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 24/04/2015 05:23, Robert Kaiser wrote:
>>> Ed Lee schrieb:
>>>> - focus on uncontroversial topics, so exclude adult content,
>>>> drugs/alcohol/tobacco, illegal gambling, weapons, politics,
>>>> religion
>>> Be careful with the phrasing here: what gambling is legal or illegal
>>>   varies across the world (actually even within countries, e.g. states
>>>   within the US). ;-)
>> religion: the LDS are against stimulants so you better add coffee to
>> drugs/alcohol/tobacco
>>
>> Phil
>>
> Again, lets get back to what the system will try to do and what the
> assumptions are.
>
> Sounds like what the system will do looks something like:
>
>    The system will try to stay way from displaying "controversial topics"
>
> This will be hard, and gets even harder when expanded globally where there
> is possible
> conflict between definitions of what is acceptable and what is
> controversial.

I don't think that this captures the complexity of the issue. Applying a 
broad definition of what is controversial (and therefore a narrow one of 
what is acceptable) would represent an unwelcome cultural bias.  This 
will not be something we do once, but something that we will have to 
frequently and probably continually evaluate.

>
> The questions around this topic might look like:
>
> 1) Where will we write down what the current policy is, and details about
> the definition of the policy?
We will at least have some form of that policy on a sales-facing site.  
What level of granularity we go into may be questionable.

> 2) Who will define, and manage, and be responsible for the policy, and any
> ongoing updates that are needed?
I would imagine that Content Services and Legal & Business Affairs teams 
would drive the above.  I think we need international input on this, 
however.  Do you have suggestions on that front?

> 3) What will be the process for requesting change to the policy or adding
> or removing specific criteria  (e.g. drugs/tabacco/etc.. ) to the policy?
I would imagine that most such requests would originate from Content 
Services, and would involve discussion with Legal & Business Affairs 
(did you imagine the same?).  Is perhaps a closer question, "what is the 
forum which will be notified about proposed and actual changes to the 
policy ?"

> 4) How will we ensure that any ad/sponsorship deals are reviewed against
> the current policy, and that deals will include terms that meet the current
> and possibly future definitions of the policy?

This question confuses me.  I would not propose that any deal has to 
include terms that meet possible future policies, although that is 
possibly not what you mean.  At the moment, this is a fairly manual 
process whereby deals are reviewed and the terms are contractual.

>
> 5) Will it be possible to understand the full list of ad/sponsorship
> partners and the content that could be presented to users as a back up to
> make sure the content matches the policy?

I would imagine can create a list of all partnerships and categorise 
them by industry, if it adds value for someone.  What problem are you 
trying to solve for here?  This sounds like an audit to me.

Patrick


Patrick


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