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> You can't blame Facebook for the rise of right wing leaders Facebook absolutely bears some culpability in this, but they're not the only reason that this is
by save_ferris 8y ago
> You can't blame Facebook for the rise of right wing leaders
Facebook absolutely bears some culpability in this, but they're not the only reason that this is happening. Facebook cannot successfully control the hateful toxicity of their platform, which is now global.
All along the way, Facebook has lied, concealed, and deflected as much blame and responsibility as they could. This is unacceptable.
Facebook launched internet.org to get the 3rd world online (and more specifically, facebook), and wound up cancelling the project after the UN blamed Facebook for failing to control toxic speech against the Rohingya, who were mass murdered and displaced as a result[0].
[0]: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/facebook-myanmar-rohingya-genocide https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/facebook-myanma...
- neves 8y agoIt's impressive how a lot of reasonable and negative comments about Facebook are always downvoted here. Probably it isn't a coordinated PR tactic, just where have a lot of Facebookers here.