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I’m also Jewish and believe anyone even stupid misinformed people should have the right to free speech. Corporations shouldn’t have power to determine what is o
by throwaway122378 7y ago
I’m also Jewish and believe anyone even stupid misinformed people should have the right to free speech. Corporations shouldn’t have power to determine what is or isn’t true
- RickJWagner 7y agoThank you for this refreshing viewpoint. There is great value in allowing everyone to speak their minds, and sorting out who the idiots are afterward. Freedom of speech works very well.
- panpanna 7y agoPaid ads are not free speech. For one, these are presented to you (as facts) with no direct channel to argue for and against. Consider that normal (not political) TV ads cannot make any wild claims about their product. Is that also limiting free speech to you??
- AlexandrB 7y agoThat’s not what ads are. Facebook is letting anyone with money speak their minds. The “organic” feed is already filtered algorithmically. To counter them you would also have to spend money. Facebook gets paid twice. This seems like a very convenient coincidence of “morals” and economic incentives.
- AlexandrB 7y agoThis is ridiculous. Facebook bans photos of nursing mothers. The average person already doesn’t have the “right to free speech” in the absolute sense on Facebook. So why does Facebook moderate hints of nudity but not holocaust denial? It’s a choice. That’s not to mention that most other ad companies would refuse to run a holocaust denier ad. Also ads are “special” on Facebook. They show up on your wall whether you want them or not, while normal content from your friends goes through an algorithmic sphincter. In a sense Facebook is already limiting the free speech of normal users by putting their speech through some kind of “engagement” black box. Meanwhile, if you have money, you get to say whatever you want to whomever you want.