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For an apple to apple comparison, how about last year when Facebook promised to help Germany censor any criticism of their immigration policy under the guise of
by zyx321 10y ago
For an apple to apple comparison, how about last year when Facebook promised to help Germany censor any criticism of their immigration policy under the guise of 'stopping Hate Speech'?
Facebook aren't taking a stance against censorship here. They are taking the same stance they always did: Pro-Facebook.
- hanspeter 10y agoHate speech has always been a violation of Facebook's ToS. The "deal" with Germany was simply that Facebook agreed to be better at actually enforcing their own terms.
- Dylan16807 10y agoYou ignored the actual argument, that political policy was being falsely labeled as hate speech. I have no idea if it's true or not, but that's what you need to address if you want to discuss the nature of the deal.
- TillE 10y ago> I have no idea if it's true or not Of course it's not, it's an absurd claim. There's a very clear distinction between political argument and, well, this: http://www.dw.com/en/pegida-founder-lutz-bachmann-found-guilty-of-inciting-hatred/a-19232497 http://www.dw.com/en/pegida-founder-lutz-bachmann-found-guil...
- Dylan16807 10y agoThat article doesn't say anything about Facebook deleting posts of his. And the only thing he's specifically listed as doing, calling specific groups cattle/scum/trash, well, Facebook sure doesn't seem to delete similar language in general. "It's against the rules" does not imply that enforcement is fair if enforcement is highly biased and ignores 99% of cases.
- zyx321 10y agoIt is in large part speculation and conjecture. The evidence I thought I had doesn't really hold up to scrutiny. All the same, if you don't support the right of horrble people to say horrible things, you don't actually support free speech.