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It's just that it's very hard to determine what's 'wrong' and what's not, other than very extreme cases and even then you might disagree. Banning some media bec
by gedrap 10y ago
It's just that it's very hard to determine what's 'wrong' and what's not, other than very extreme cases and even then you might disagree. Banning some media because you don't consider right/worthy/beneficial/whatever doesn't help with free speech at all.
Imagine someone banning Justin Bieber music because it's not 'worth listening', or banning some books because they have no value. That's a bit absurd.
- sevenless 10y agoThe way Facebook chooses articles for its feed has no effect on anyone's free speech. Comparing it to banning books is silly.
- JackuB 10y agoThis always depends on which receing end you are. If your book/blog/status is being _hidden_ by newsfeed, then you'll be screaming for freedom of speech and fairness in how people see their newsfeed and to let them decide what is worthy of their attention.
- thoughtPolize 10y ago"Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks" [0] "Was it funded by the US army? First the university said yes" it's US led information warfare [1] [0] http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788.full http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788.full [1] https://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2014/jul/01/facebook-cornell-study-emotional-contagion-ethics-breach https://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2014/jul/0...
- tedmiston 10y agoHe did say filter, and not ban. To me that implies it's still accessible, but perhaps hidden by default for my user.
- rhizome 10y agoLots of companies "ban" Justin Bieber, in that there are lots of places he and his music are not found.