Neil Young is staging yet another boycott of a major online platform.
The rocker declared that he would no longer be using Facebook, after a Reuters report revealed that Meta permitted its chatbot to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.” Reps for Young posted to his official Facebook page, “At Neil Young’s request, we are no longer using Facebook for any Neil Young related activities. Meta’s use of chatbots with children is unconscionable. Mr. Young does not want a further connection with FACEBOOK.”
The Reuters report, written by Jeff Horwitz—the journalist behind the Wall Street Journal’s 2021 “Facebook Files” investigation who will reportedly be played by Jeremy Allen White in the upcoming Social Network sequel—also says that Meta permits its chatbot to “generate false medical information and help users argue that Black people are dumber than white people,” according to an internal Meta Platforms document.
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