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Since Facebook has agreed to implement censorship on behalf of the Turkish government[1], how long is it until discussion of the Armenian genocide is flagged as
by apostacy 5y ago
Since Facebook has agreed to implement censorship on behalf of the Turkish government[1], how long is it until discussion of the Armenian genocide is flagged as hate speech and fake news?
As far as Turkey is concerned, this is fake news. And big tech has agreed to defer to Turkey.
[1]: https://www.engadget.com/facebook-turkey-emails-200407588.html https://www.engadget.com/facebook-turkey-emails-200407588.ht...
- lostlogin 5y ago> how long is it until discussion of the Armenian genocide is flagged as hate speech and fake news? Genocide can be talked about on Facebook, you can even organise it. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46105934 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46105934 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebook-genocide.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebo...
- apostacy 5y agoI think your links prove my point: Facebook only cares about appeasing the powerful. Whether it is facilitating genocide or covering up genocide, they are the same. If it benefited Facebook, they would just as well deplatform people trying to expose a genocide in Myanmar. And if the Turkish government tried organizing another genocide, I'm sure Facebook would platform it, and censor any opposition to it. Why wouldn't they? They've already committed to deplatforming critics of the Erdoğan. Do you think that Facebook would take a principled stand and suddenly choose not to take orders from the Turkish government, and risk losing that market? I don't see that happening.
- lostlogin 5y agoYour view is very cynical and I agree with you.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoLikely it can be removed internally at the behest of the government, I doubt if they will ever censor it in other countries. That should answer your question.