It's ironic, because Facebook loves to talk a big line about "connecting the world". But when the "wrong" people benefit from that connection, they find themse

It's ironic, because Facebook loves to talk a big line about "connecting the world". But when the "wrong" people benefit from that connection, they find themselves swiftly cut off. Now, I'm not saying it's wrong to cut people out of the network. (As we've seen quite recently in the US, deplatforming is quite effective at reducing the spread of extremism.) But I think this particular incident demonstrates that there's an inherent paradox in trying to "grow the network" while also attempting to keep out "bad actors", one that can't be resolved entirely through automated tools, or simple sets of binary rules. Situations like this one are always going to be a judgement call, where a real person has to decide who's right, and who's left (out). And I think the prospect of having that duty, of taking on the responsibility of judgement, scares Big Tech's executives more than anything else.