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I can't read that, but nothing Facebook/Zuckerberg has done feels aligned with any principled standing that I agree with. From a slightly different direction..
by jasonv 6y ago
I can't read that, but nothing Facebook/Zuckerberg has done feels aligned with any principled standing that I agree with.
From a slightly different direction.. for instance: banning any content that contravenes the WHO's official recommendations for pandemic response definitely feels too narrow, esp given that the WHO might reverse course or admit they weren't optimal. I completely disagree with Trump's defunding of support for the WHO, I don't agree with everything the WHO says, but I also can't see how conferring 100% content authority to that body is aligned with democratic free speech. That position is also consistent with the idea of banning any content that isn't aligned with, say, this American administration's positions.
- chipotle_coyote 6y agoThat was a link to Zuckerberg's speech at Georgetown in October 2019, which was basically his defense of not fact-checking politicians on the site. Quoting the Zuck: "We don’t fact-check political ads. We don’t do this to help politicians, but because we think people should be able to see for themselves what politicians are saying. And if content is newsworthy, we also won’t take it down even if it would otherwise conflict with many of our standards. I know many people disagree, but in general, I don't think it's right for a private company to censor politicians or the news in a democracy." Ben Thompson of Stratechery quoted the same bit I just did, and wrote, "I couldn't agree more. The only hangup is the person who was saying it. [...] The very structure of [Facebook] is antithetical to what is necessary for free expression to flourish; I believe that Zuckerberg is well-intentioned, but that doesn’t change the fact he is completely unaccountable."
- dfxm12 6y ago"We don’t fact-check political ads. We don’t do this to help politicians, but because we think people should be able to see for themselves what politicians are saying..." This is such a cop out. Many (I'd even venture on most) political ads on Facebook don't represent what politicians say.
- lonelappde 6y agoZuck is a liar, as he has repeatedly proven. 1 ads are microtargeted so most people don't see what people are saying. 2 censoring everyone except politicians is bootlicking government.
- fossuser 6y agoPastebin of the text: https://pastebin.com/pcaH0Z8H https://pastebin.com/pcaH0Z8H The full text is worth reading.