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Unless you're claim here is that Psaki is threatening Facebook, there's nothing remotely illegal happening here. Facebook is like "hey, tell us about misinforma
by joshuamorton 5y ago
Unless you're claim here is that Psaki is threatening Facebook, there's nothing remotely illegal happening here. Facebook is like "hey, tell us about misinformation" and the government is like "hey we think this is misinformation". And then Facebook reviews the posts they flagged and removes some of them.
The argument you're making is akin to "Its illegal for Psaki or a white house staffer to ask for airtime on CNN, because that violates CNN's first amendment rights" (or perhaps more subtly "because then CNN is acting as an arm of the government", but that's still wrong).
- caseysoftware 5y agoMy claim was simply that the White House directed information/accounts to be removed. Your response was "The government wasn't telling Facebook to remove stuff." which - according to the video I cited - is clearly untrue. I'd love to understand your point but I'm not going to engage further with someone pedaling misinformation.
- joshuamorton 5y agoYour claim was that Facebook was "acting as an arm of the government." That's simply untrue. And they weren't telling it to remove stuff. They were asking it to, after fb set up a way for the government (among other groups) to flag misinformation. You're glossing over those difference, but they matter.