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Why are you blaming a tool for communication for people's actions? >It's not perfect, as occasionally FedEx will deliver a bomb, or the post office will delive

Why are you blaming a tool for communication for people's actions? >It's not perfect, as occasionally FedEx will deliver a bomb, or the post office will deliver an envelope with anthrax powder, or a threat will be delivered by telephone. This is a false comparison. When was the last time Facebook was used to deliver a bomb? The answer is "never" because it's literally impossible to do so. Terrorists can communicate through the mail service just like they can on Facebook and there is nothing the mail service can do, because the secrecy of your correspondence is literally a human right (article 12 of the universal declaration of human rights).

panarky 8y ago
> When was the last time Facebook was used to deliver a bomb? Of course I didn't say Facebook delivered a bomb. I said Facebook is causing harm. Other communication services have effective security measures to minimize and isolate the harm they can do. Facebook does not. Facebook has lost control of their platform, and they are unable or unwilling to minimize and isolate the harm their platform inflicts on the world. > Terrorists can communicate through the mail service just like they can on Facebook The fact that terrorists choose Facebook instead of the mail should tell you that Facebook is the problem we need to fix.
- Mirioron 8y ago
  >Of course I didn't say Facebook delivered a bomb. I said Facebook is causing harm. You claim that Facebook causes harm because people can communicate there without it being checked. You claim that the mail is different because they check that the mail isn't a literal bomb, and this is why the mail service doesn't cause harm. But people can communicate through the mail service without it being checked as well. In fact, checking somebody else's mail is very illegal. So the same harm you abuse Facebook of facilitating can be done through regular mail. >Other communication services have effective security measures to minimize and isolate the harm they can do. No, they don't. Let me put it in caps for you: IT IS ILLEGAL TO CHECK SOMEBODY'S PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. It is actually a violation of human rights. The mail service does not check what is written in your letters. >The fact that terrorists choose Facebook instead of the mail should tell you that Facebook is the problem we need to fix. This is so ridiculously shortsighted. They use it because it's popular and convenient, not because it's the only way to do it.

panarky 8y ago

> When was the last time Facebook was used to deliver a bomb? Of course I didn't say Facebook delivered a bomb. I said Facebook is causing harm. Other communication services have effective security measures to minimize and isolate the harm they can do. Facebook does not. Facebook has lost control of their platform, and they are unable or unwilling to minimize and isolate the harm their platform inflicts on the world. > Terrorists can communicate through the mail service just like they can on Facebook The fact that terrorists choose Facebook instead of the mail should tell you that Facebook is the problem we need to fix.

Mirioron 8y ago
>Of course I didn't say Facebook delivered a bomb. I said Facebook is causing harm. You claim that Facebook causes harm because people can communicate there without it being checked. You claim that the mail is different because they check that the mail isn't a literal bomb, and this is why the mail service doesn't cause harm. But people can communicate through the mail service without it being checked as well. In fact, checking somebody else's mail is very illegal. So the same harm you abuse Facebook of facilitating can be done through regular mail. >Other communication services have effective security measures to minimize and isolate the harm they can do. No, they don't. Let me put it in caps for you: IT IS ILLEGAL TO CHECK SOMEBODY'S PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. It is actually a violation of human rights. The mail service does not check what is written in your letters. >The fact that terrorists choose Facebook instead of the mail should tell you that Facebook is the problem we need to fix. This is so ridiculously shortsighted. They use it because it's popular and convenient, not because it's the only way to do it.