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This is not true. Someone who bullshits in real life can still buy a microphone and can rent a stadium for his event. People can choose to attend or not attend

This is not true. Someone who bullshits in real life can still buy a microphone and can rent a stadium for his event. People can choose to attend or not attend and listen to him. For example, Trump has spread so many falsehoods but people still attend his events.

dragonwriter 9y ago
> Someone who bullshits in real life can still buy a microphone and can rent a stadium for his event. Yes, and the fact that they are free to buy a printing press doesn't mean that the New York Times is obligated to print their material on the Times’ press alongsode content that meets the Times’ editorial standards.
sqeaky 9y ago
The people selling microphones get to decide that. This is Facebook's microphone to sell, the liars are free to buy another.
- kbutler 9y ago
  I'm neither a heavy Facebook user nor a fan of Trump, but doesn't it make you at least a little bit nervous that a many-billion-dollar company is going to start selectively censoring (or at least hindering) communication it disagrees with? What happened to the traditional liberal distrust of big corporations? What about if Facebook decides discussion of privacy violations online is "fake news?"
  - JacobJans 9y ago
    You'd be hard-pressed to find a large media company that doesn't selectively curate the media they distribute. Anyone that runs a business has the responsibility to consider the ethical ramifications of their business activities, and to respond in a way that aligns with their ethical values. FYI –– Y Combinator does exactly this on Hacker News: "selectively censoring (or at least hindering) communication it disagrees with"
  - sqeaky 9y ago
    Doesn't worry me in the least. I am surprised they weren't already heavily filtered. I also don't use facebook at all. It would worry me if an ISP or other group that should be a common carrier were censoring things. Or if the government censored things. But people on facebook are willingly buying into whatever facebook is providing.

dragonwriter 9y ago

> Someone who bullshits in real life can still buy a microphone and can rent a stadium for his event. Yes, and the fact that they are free to buy a printing press doesn't mean that the New York Times is obligated to print their material on the Times’ press alongsode content that meets the Times’ editorial standards.

sqeaky 9y ago

The people selling microphones get to decide that. This is Facebook's microphone to sell, the liars are free to buy another.

kbutler 9y ago
I'm neither a heavy Facebook user nor a fan of Trump, but doesn't it make you at least a little bit nervous that a many-billion-dollar company is going to start selectively censoring (or at least hindering) communication it disagrees with? What happened to the traditional liberal distrust of big corporations? What about if Facebook decides discussion of privacy violations online is "fake news?"
- JacobJans 9y ago
  You'd be hard-pressed to find a large media company that doesn't selectively curate the media they distribute. Anyone that runs a business has the responsibility to consider the ethical ramifications of their business activities, and to respond in a way that aligns with their ethical values. FYI –– Y Combinator does exactly this on Hacker News: "selectively censoring (or at least hindering) communication it disagrees with"
- sqeaky 9y ago
  Doesn't worry me in the least. I am surprised they weren't already heavily filtered. I also don't use facebook at all. It would worry me if an ISP or other group that should be a common carrier were censoring things. Or if the government censored things. But people on facebook are willingly buying into whatever facebook is providing.