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"State-sponsored news" - will I see that tag next to NPR articles? What about wikileaks? I have very mixed feelings about this. I know that Facebook is a compa
by farnsworth 10y ago
"State-sponsored news" - will I see that tag next to NPR articles? What about wikileaks?
I have very mixed feelings about this. I know that Facebook is a company and can censor or allow whatever they want to. They censor obscene and offensive stuff, sure. But deciding what is "true" and "false" is a whole new ball game. Do we want to get used to having a central authority telling us what's true and false? If I want to say something stupid on Facebook, I should be allowed to say it.
Remember that you can have an authority run by a trusted leader one day, and someone else the next.
- soupgal5 10y agoWell, firstly, this isn't "censoring" as such. I know that, living in 2016, the concept of "objective truth" and "objective falsehood" is a hard one to really wrap our brains around. But lets try: Some things are true, and some things are false. You're very welcome to say "something stupid on Facebook" as an individual because you haven't presented yourself as a news source. But Facebook shouldn't play willing participant in giving conspiracy sites a platform to present made up stories as truths.