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Trying to stop the President from inciting violence isn't the responsibility of Facebook. People have a right to know what the President is saying and his hosti

by Aunche 6y ago

Trying to stop the President from inciting violence isn't the responsibility of Facebook. People have a right to know what the President is saying and his hostile intentions. If the President says a bunch of racist and violent things in the State of the Union address, would you also blame ABC for airing it?

aeturnum 6y ago
>Trying to stop the President from inciting violence isn't the responsibility of Facebook. I didn't say it was, nor is that my read of the issue at hand. Facebook choosing not to host a message does not stop the message from being said. It would just be said elsewhere. >People have a right to know what the President is saying and his hostile intentions. I am not under the impression that Facebook is the exclusive source of information for presentenial statements. I understand they are also frequently run in other media. > If the President says a bunch of racist and violent things in the State of the Union address, would you also blame ABC for airing it? I haven't said anything about blaming anyone. Someone asked what message was controversial and I linked the message along with an explanation of the controversy. If you think I'm taking a position I'd appreciate you speaking directly instead of imputing intent. I also don't really understand your question. I would "blame" ABC in that I would expect them to account for how they chose to cover it (whatever that form took).
xtracto 6y ago
So, if one of those TV shows that ask people in the street about things (say, the old Candid Camera) come to me, and ask me something, and I start saying crap, fuck everyone, I'm going to kill whoever don't agree with me. Do they have to put it in their program? Are they doing "censorship" when they cut out that part for their program? does the fact that "people have the right to know" what I am saying means that the TV program MUST keep my rant? Of course not, that program (as twitter and facebook) is a private platform. They are free to put whatever they want. Their algorithms already heavily edit the conversation (like, I have 400 friends on facebook, and I usually only see from 10 of them at most when I load the page). If someone working at Fox News suddenly does not agree with the content policies of the company, they will quit.
- Aunche 6y ago
  It's not about censorship. It's about allowing people to see the news. It's the same difference between a typical r/watchpeopledie video and the video of George Floyd. A regular person making a racist rant is just a racist rant. The president making a racist rant is the news.

by Aunche 6y ago

aeturnum 6y ago

>Trying to stop the President from inciting violence isn't the responsibility of Facebook. I didn't say it was, nor is that my read of the issue at hand. Facebook choosing not to host a message does not stop the message from being said. It would just be said elsewhere. >People have a right to know what the President is saying and his hostile intentions. I am not under the impression that Facebook is the exclusive source of information for presentenial statements. I understand they are also frequently run in other media. > If the President says a bunch of racist and violent things in the State of the Union address, would you also blame ABC for airing it? I haven't said anything about blaming anyone. Someone asked what message was controversial and I linked the message along with an explanation of the controversy. If you think I'm taking a position I'd appreciate you speaking directly instead of imputing intent. I also don't really understand your question. I would "blame" ABC in that I would expect them to account for how they chose to cover it (whatever that form took).

xtracto 6y ago

So, if one of those TV shows that ask people in the street about things (say, the old Candid Camera) come to me, and ask me something, and I start saying crap, fuck everyone, I'm going to kill whoever don't agree with me. Do they have to put it in their program? Are they doing "censorship" when they cut out that part for their program? does the fact that "people have the right to know" what I am saying means that the TV program MUST keep my rant? Of course not, that program (as twitter and facebook) is a private platform. They are free to put whatever they want. Their algorithms already heavily edit the conversation (like, I have 400 friends on facebook, and I usually only see from 10 of them at most when I load the page). If someone working at Fox News suddenly does not agree with the content policies of the company, they will quit.

Aunche 6y ago
It's not about censorship. It's about allowing people to see the news. It's the same difference between a typical r/watchpeopledie video and the video of George Floyd. A regular person making a racist rant is just a racist rant. The president making a racist rant is the news.