Facebook apologizes after mistaking Trump social media director for a bot

[AirPoh]

New York (CNN Business)Facebook on Tuesday said it had apologized to White House social media director Dan Scavino for temporarily blocking some features on his account for a few hours on Monday.

In a statement, the social media giant also said that its automated systems mistook Scavino for a bot.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/19/tech/scavino-facebook-apology/index.html

 

[hurtinbuckaroo]

Don't they mean "correctly identified"?

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

Don't they mean "correctly identified"?

Not really. A bot is compliment compared to what they actually are.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

A human acting like a bot very well might be mistaken for a bot. Nothing wrong there.

 

[AirPoh]

A human acting like a bot very well might be mistaken for a bot. Nothing wrong there.

The thread is not about being wrong. It's about the hysterical irony of a Trump administration member being mistaken for a bot!

 

[Tom Sawyer]

So, to avoid the same mistake in the future - what exactly is the difference between a bot and someone in the Trump administration?

 

[hurtinbuckaroo]

So, to avoid the same mistake in the future - what exactly is the difference between a bot and someone in the Trump administration?

Bots do better on a Turing Test.