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Some cases may be clear-cut. And you may be right here. But what should we do about Iranian ayatollahs who say bury America or death to America or Israel, do
by mc32 5y ago
Some cases may be clear-cut. And you may be right here. But what should we do about Iranian ayatollahs who say bury America or death to America or Israel, do we take down those snippets? Or are they in your estimation not actual threats and how would you determine that? Do news stations not carry any media with those phrases because they incite violence?
Can no military or police say they will prosecute attackers and hunt them down, say Nigeria and their guerillas, or any government against any irregulars because that is violence? How do they tell who the bad girl and who the good boy is?
I don't think it's the business of a company to set the standards of communication world wide.
- LurkingPenguin 5y ago> I don't think it's the business of a company to set the standards of communication world wide. Facebook isn't setting the "standards of communication world wide." It's a privately-held company headquartered in the US. If it doesn't want ayatollahs in Iran posting virtual "death to America!" chants, it doesn't have to let them post them. If Facebook moderates content in ways that authorities in other countries don't like, but Facebook doesn't actually have a physical legal presence in those countries, that's basically tough luck. Realistically, those authorities have little choice but to accept it, block Facebook or find a way to convince Facebook to give them what they want.