I definitely agree that one in a million failures do tend to generate an unreasonable amount of negative press, I guess because they're easy to relate to on a personal level.
In this case however I think a valid point is being highlighted. False positives do happen but it's concerning that Meetup doesn't seem to have any way of rectifying them e.g. they deleted an event rather than disabling it.
Personally a big fan of Meetup but if this story is accurate and in the event of a false positive, there really is no way of rectifying it, I'd be concerned about using them to organise an event.
In this case however I think a valid point is being highlighted. False positives do happen but it's concerning that Meetup doesn't seem to have any way of rectifying them e.g. they deleted an event rather than disabling it.
Personally a big fan of Meetup but if this story is accurate and in the event of a false positive, there really is no way of rectifying it, I'd be concerned about using them to organise an event.