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Attempts so far to ban bot accounts have resulted in a purge of real people who are critical of western governments. When Facebook decided to ban the accounts
by dpwm 8y ago
Attempts so far to ban bot accounts have resulted in a purge of real people who are critical of western governments.
When Facebook decided to ban the accounts as identified by Ben Nimmo's team at the Atlantic Council, it also purged people critical of western governments' foreign policies. When this is government mandated I think you see the threat to "free speech."
I'm sure this is a bonus to those pushing the react-to-bots-at-all-costs agenda, but they also seem to be the first to complain about the silencing of dissident voices they happen to agree with.
- pteredactyl 8y agoExactly. But it sounds good, so it must be, right?
- charonn0 8y agoHow do you know they're real?
- dpwm 8y agoHaving spoken to one of them in person about all their posts being disappeared from Facebook. The only action that they can think of for "violation of their terms of service" they know of is having posts critical of government claims regarding foreign policy, and it's pretty much the same time Facebook announced they were getting tough on bots and blocking bot accounts. They're better connected than me and know others who have had this happen to them at the same time too.