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"The COVID vaccines were rushed through the approval process and have more health risks than the government will admit." "Ivermectin makes you immune to COVID
by avalys 5y ago
"The COVID vaccines were rushed through the approval process and have more health risks than the government will admit."
"Ivermectin makes you immune to COVID and will prevent you from spreading the disease to others if you get it."
"You can cure your child of autism by having them drink diluted bleach."
The President of the United States stated that Facebook is "killing people" by not suppressing the discussion of ideas like this (at least, the first two) on their platform.
What do you think of these ideas? Should Facebook allow them to be expressed at all? Should Facebook make it easy for people who believe these ideas to discuss them with other like-minded individuals? Should Facebook permit these ideas to be expressed, but specifically design their product to suppress them so that they are harder to find?
If Facebook shows an ad on a page that also contains a post from a user expressing an idea like this, is Facebook profiting from spreading dangerous ideas? Is that reprehensible? Should they be prohibited from doing so? Does that mean they should, in fact, suppress these ideas?
I said Facebook is accused no matter what they do - I didn't say I agree with the accusers. Regardless, it is clear that mainstream political thought in the US actually doesn't respect free speech all that much these days when it conflicts with their own values.