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Facebook is a public company and can do whatever it feels right to do as long as its legal. The concentration of power here is worrying. The bias in their corre

Facebook is a public company and can do whatever it feels right to do as long as its legal. The concentration of power here is worrying. The bias in their corrective action should worry us more, as should the possible extension of these type of actions to other groups. EU leaders expressed concern over these policies because even they could see that this problematic intervention into the politics of a country is a line that need not be crossed. This extended ban isn't just FB, since other tech platform will likely fall in line. It will be interesting to see if this will increase Trump's popularity when he does return to social platforms since his fanbase has been starved of his attention. EDIT - since I'm being downvoted. The bias being referred to isn't strictly left/right leanings in America since FB is a global platform.

smoldesu 5y ago
> Facebook is a public company and can do whatever it feels right to do as long as its legal. Agreed. > The concentration of power here is worrying. Also agreed. > The bias in their corrective action should worry us more, as should the possible extension of these type of actions to other groups. Aaaaaaaand this is where you lost me. What sort of bias are we seeing here? If anything, Facebook has finally made it's first responsible choice in decades and had a sit-down discussion about a user who broke the rules on their platform. Their corrective action was pretty light too: they're only suspending him, and not even for a duration that could potentially interfere with a (god forbid) 2024 campaign. Only objectionable material has been removed, and his accounts are still up and publicly available. > It will be interesting to see if this will increase Trump's popularity when he does return to social platforms since his fanbase has been starved of his attention. Maybe, but the RNC is going to do everything in their power to stop it. You can expect the 2024 GOP lineup to start early and be furnished with crazy characters, because most of the RNC would rather endorse Kanye than give waste any more time with Trump in office.
- vergessenmir 5y ago
  Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe you thought I meant left/right bias, I was looking at this from the lens of Facebook being a global platform. To expect an even response across all political parties across all governments by the metrics they gave around incitements to violence and danger to the public is a bit unrealistic. Bias can easily be introduced in every phase of these cases being accessed. Arguably, long before the political and activist leanings are considered. From that it's not to difficult to see it being extended to other groups.
frakkingcylons 5y ago
Trump doesn’t need a Facebook presence to be visible in American politics. Adjacent Facebook pages will still post about him and what he’s up to. News companies will still report on what he says (because it is newsworthy). He will still be a major topic of conversation on broadcast television and radio which still has a major audience.

smoldesu 5y ago

> Facebook is a public company and can do whatever it feels right to do as long as its legal. Agreed. > The concentration of power here is worrying. Also agreed. > The bias in their corrective action should worry us more, as should the possible extension of these type of actions to other groups. Aaaaaaaand this is where you lost me. What sort of bias are we seeing here? If anything, Facebook has finally made it's first responsible choice in decades and had a sit-down discussion about a user who broke the rules on their platform. Their corrective action was pretty light too: they're only suspending him, and not even for a duration that could potentially interfere with a (god forbid) 2024 campaign. Only objectionable material has been removed, and his accounts are still up and publicly available. > It will be interesting to see if this will increase Trump's popularity when he does return to social platforms since his fanbase has been starved of his attention. Maybe, but the RNC is going to do everything in their power to stop it. You can expect the 2024 GOP lineup to start early and be furnished with crazy characters, because most of the RNC would rather endorse Kanye than give waste any more time with Trump in office.

vergessenmir 5y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe you thought I meant left/right bias, I was looking at this from the lens of Facebook being a global platform. To expect an even response across all political parties across all governments by the metrics they gave around incitements to violence and danger to the public is a bit unrealistic. Bias can easily be introduced in every phase of these cases being accessed. Arguably, long before the political and activist leanings are considered. From that it's not to difficult to see it being extended to other groups.

frakkingcylons 5y ago

Trump doesn’t need a Facebook presence to be visible in American politics. Adjacent Facebook pages will still post about him and what he’s up to. News companies will still report on what he says (because it is newsworthy). He will still be a major topic of conversation on broadcast television and radio which still has a major audience.