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do they make it country specific - ie. would the posts questioning the integrity of elections in another country, say Russia (not that i personally question it,

by trhway 6y ago

do they make it country specific - ie. would the posts questioning the integrity of elections in another country, say Russia (not that i personally question it, Vova, mind you, just a hypothetical), be allowed?

ajkdhcb2 6y ago
Facebook has happily oppressed Palestinian protestors while turning a blind eye to 'calls by Israelis for the killing of Palestinians'. http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2017/december/30/facebook-says-it-is-deleting-accounts-at-the-direction-of-the-us-and-israeli-governments/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2... It is obvious now that big tech companies are deep players in political games.
- dundercoder 6y ago
  Do you think they play on purpose? Or do they not think through the longer ramifications of their actions?
l9k 6y ago
"Stop The Steal" is nowadays very specifically referring to the conspiracy theories surrounding the US November 2020 presidential election that was started by Trump supporters. Maybe in a few years (months if you're optimist), it will be forgotten (because of these kinds of measure?) and the phrase will be allowed again.
- swiley 6y ago
  This kind of behavior by facebook is only going to radicalize people and make them extremely suspicious of anyone that disagrees with them. Do you think someone prone to conspiracy theories is going to start listening to people who are actively campaigning for the destruction/deletion of information. We need consensus and half of consensus means listening.
  - l9k 6y ago
    For more than a decade, we have seen how social networks let conspiracies and extremist views thrive and how they were amplified. There is ample evidence that "listening" does not tame or squash these positions on these platforms.
    - ajkdhcb2 6y ago
      But is there evidence that censoring conspiratorial opinions does anything other than strengthen them? On other platforms they get orders of magnitude more interest because they were censored, and more people move to other platforms.
  - creato 6y ago
    They're already radicalized. We listened to this claim for 2 months, the claim has been aired in court many, many times. We don't need to listen to it any more.

by trhway 6y ago

ajkdhcb2 6y ago

Facebook has happily oppressed Palestinian protestors while turning a blind eye to 'calls by Israelis for the killing of Palestinians'. http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2017/december/30/facebook-says-it-is-deleting-accounts-at-the-direction-of-the-us-and-israeli-governments/ http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2... It is obvious now that big tech companies are deep players in political games.

dundercoder 6y ago
Do you think they play on purpose? Or do they not think through the longer ramifications of their actions?

l9k 6y ago

"Stop The Steal" is nowadays very specifically referring to the conspiracy theories surrounding the US November 2020 presidential election that was started by Trump supporters. Maybe in a few years (months if you're optimist), it will be forgotten (because of these kinds of measure?) and the phrase will be allowed again.

swiley 6y ago
This kind of behavior by facebook is only going to radicalize people and make them extremely suspicious of anyone that disagrees with them. Do you think someone prone to conspiracy theories is going to start listening to people who are actively campaigning for the destruction/deletion of information. We need consensus and half of consensus means listening.
- l9k 6y ago
  For more than a decade, we have seen how social networks let conspiracies and extremist views thrive and how they were amplified. There is ample evidence that "listening" does not tame or squash these positions on these platforms.
  - ajkdhcb2 6y ago
    But is there evidence that censoring conspiratorial opinions does anything other than strengthen them? On other platforms they get orders of magnitude more interest because they were censored, and more people move to other platforms.
- creato 6y ago
  They're already radicalized. We listened to this claim for 2 months, the claim has been aired in court many, many times. We don't need to listen to it any more.