The speaker proposes a controversial TV show idea about a time traveling drug dealer who targets horrible people in history, and discusses the harmful use of social media tools to incite real harm. Civil society organizations in Myanmar raised concerns about the effectiveness of such systems.
The speaker shares a humorous story and discusses the idea that having problematic substance abuse issues is preferable to becoming a politician who causes harm, such as Dick Cheney or George Bush.
Comedian Bill Burr and filmmaker Joe DeRosa pitch ideas for a TV show about a time traveling drug dealer who gets horrible people hooked on pills before they can do harm, including Hitler and Saddam Hussein.
Facebook has been criticised by activists and social media researchers over its lack of transparency on the spread of fake news in Myanmar, despite claims by the company's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, that Facebook's tools were being used to "incite real harm" in the country.
Facebook is accused of erasing the existence of local activists in Myanmar after responding to a new threat, taking the credit for preventing a potential ethnic cleansing.