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Anyone who thought them censoring a sitting US president was the end of it is kidding themselves.
by AnHonestComment 6y ago
Anyone who thought them censoring a sitting US president was the end of it is kidding themselves.
- edmundsauto 6y agoMight be worth mentioning that the sitting president was using the platform to create the atmosphere that led to an attempted insurrection against a democratically elected government. This is similar to what FB should have done in the Myanmar situation, where they did not act in time. (also, private companies shutting down access to their property is not censorship, etc etc.)
- AnHonestComment 6y agoThere was no attempted insurrection. It was a riot less violent than most we’d seen in the proceeding six months — and you’re quoting highly partisan propaganda. Since you want to bring up Myanmar — false accusations of sedition before soldiers occupy the capitol and crackdowns against political rivals begin is what Facebook is aiding in the US, not stopping. Private companies shutting down conversation is censorship — it’s just private rather than government censorship. Etc.