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Facebook is not a 'communications infrastructure', is not a 'public square' and they have no obligation to do anything other than act lawfully, and then, to act
by jariel 6y ago
Facebook is not a 'communications infrastructure', is not a 'public square' and they have no obligation to do anything other than act lawfully, and then, to act roughly consistent with their own guidelines, which is what they are doing.
The comparison to 'Ma Bell' is irrelevant.
'Verizon or AT&T' - the actual modern incarnations of 'Ma Bell' are not intervening here, nor will they.
If you want to make up stories about people raping children in basements, then yo can do that on your own website.
" for how long will people tolerate an increasingly unreliable communications infrastructure?"
This question is upside down.
The real question is 'How long will most people tolerate a social network full of stupidity, make up stuff, fake news, and other garbage'?
QAnon is not the reason people use FB, it's the reason they leave.
- yakireev 6y ago> Facebook is not a 'communications infrastructure', is not a 'public square' and they have no obligation to do anything other than act lawfully De-facto it is both a 'communications infrastructure' and a 'public square' - due to the simple fact that it is used as such by hundreds of millions of people. The fact that they get away with pretending that they aren't is unfortunate. The fact that so many people are eager to defend this is sad, to say the least.
- jariel 6y agoThey absolutely not a public square, and it's sad that anyone thinks they have any right whatsoever to propagate invented lies about 'child molestors, secret rituals and anti-vaxx' information in any controlled community. Facebook has always had policies concerning content, that was never up for debate. There's really little to argue about here. If you want to talk about Lizards in control of the White House, you can make your own web site.