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From your opinion, a social network should be able to determine whether something is a genocide and stop the genocide? What next? Maybe chipotle should stop Ta

From your opinion, a social network should be able to determine whether something is a genocide and stop the genocide? What next? Maybe chipotle should stop Taiwan invasion? Taco bell to stop a drug lord in Mexico? US government refuses to stop genocide. Period. If US wants to stop something, it can issue a court/executive order to do so. Or even just tell the company to do so without court order For example, US government told twitter to not go down (which was a ridiculous request) during Iran election in 2008. https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSWBT01137420090616 https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/... But ordering Facebook to help stop genocide? That's a hard no for US government, yo.

x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago
None of your comments and scenarios make any sense. Chipotle isn't being used by China, and Taco Bell isn't being used to facilitate the drug wars in Mexico.
- ergocoder 5y ago
  Drug lord eats taco bell, I'd bet. Ok, new example: McDonald. Providing food to drug lord definitely helps facilitate drug war. Why don't McDonald identify who is in a gang and stop serving them food? Why don't we yell at McDonald?
LurkingPenguin 5y ago
Nobody has ordered Facebook to do anything. Not the US government. Not an international body. Facebook has a policy against content that incites violence. Facebook alone determined that the Ethiopian prime minister's post violated this policy and the company removed the post accordingly. Facebook does not have a physical presence in Ethiopia and therefore Ethiopia has few practical options for forcing Facebook to abide by its rules or "laws". Ethiopia could issue an order against Facebook, fine it, etc., and it would have a near impossible time enforcing the order, collecting a fine, etc. If Ethiopia and its likely soon-to-be former prime minister don't like Facebook's policies, the best they can do is block Facebook's services in Ethiopia. Various countries have blocked Facebook temporarily, and incidentally, some countries have used threats of blocks to negotiate deals with the company under which Facebook agrees to follow their rules. I doubt very much that the central government in Ethiopia would have much success doing that right now. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Censorship_of_Facebook https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Censorship_of_Facebook

x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago

None of your comments and scenarios make any sense. Chipotle isn't being used by China, and Taco Bell isn't being used to facilitate the drug wars in Mexico.

ergocoder 5y ago
Drug lord eats taco bell, I'd bet. Ok, new example: McDonald. Providing food to drug lord definitely helps facilitate drug war. Why don't McDonald identify who is in a gang and stop serving them food? Why don't we yell at McDonald?

LurkingPenguin 5y ago

Nobody has ordered Facebook to do anything. Not the US government. Not an international body. Facebook has a policy against content that incites violence. Facebook alone determined that the Ethiopian prime minister's post violated this policy and the company removed the post accordingly. Facebook does not have a physical presence in Ethiopia and therefore Ethiopia has few practical options for forcing Facebook to abide by its rules or "laws". Ethiopia could issue an order against Facebook, fine it, etc., and it would have a near impossible time enforcing the order, collecting a fine, etc. If Ethiopia and its likely soon-to-be former prime minister don't like Facebook's policies, the best they can do is block Facebook's services in Ethiopia. Various countries have blocked Facebook temporarily, and incidentally, some countries have used threats of blocks to negotiate deals with the company under which Facebook agrees to follow their rules. I doubt very much that the central government in Ethiopia would have much success doing that right now. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Censorship_of_Facebook https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Censorship_of_Facebook