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Facebook Groups have been host to many organized acts of violence. The Kenosha shooting comes to mind as a recent example where the Group was reported to Facebo
by mike00632 5y ago
Facebook Groups have been host to many organized acts of violence. The Kenosha shooting comes to mind as a recent example where the Group was reported to Facebook and made it through multiple layers of review before being allowed to persist. To say that such speech is protected under the First Amendment is too much of a stretch.
- ashtonkem 5y agoPlease point out where I argued that that was protected speech. I think you’ll find that you’ve made up my argument out of whole cloth, which is quite tiresome.
- mike00632 5y agoFacebook: willingly hosts groups that plan and enact violence. You: It's a matter of free speech. Me: Point out that people have been killed. You: I didn't say it was free speech. Like, what do you think people are mad at Facebook over if not all the people dying from the misinformation and violence coming from them?
- ashtonkem 5y agoThe only thing I can say here that’s within the rules is this: this is completely unrelated to what I actually said. I’m not sure where this conversation you’re paraphrasing happened, but I wasn’t part of it.
- philwelch 5y agoIt hasn’t even been legally established that Kyle Rittenhouse did anything wrong. Legally, he is innocent until proven guilty, and he has a case for self-defense for every round he fired that night. To say that the First Amendment doesn’t protect the rights of people to organize and assemble in a public place where one of them is later forced to defend themselves is absurd. People don’t use Facebook to plan premeditated acts of political violence. They use Signal.
- mike00632 5y agoEven if you were right that killing two people isn't "anything wrong", it's beside the point. This is about Facebook's role in the violence. The event was organized on Facebook.