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UK government wants Facebook to meet its censorship demands faster

• dane-pgp 5y ago
  > UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden revealed that Facebook did not remove 30% of misleading posts within 8 hours of a takedown request from the UK government. It's not clear from the article what leeway Facebook has for denying a request from the government, or what penalties there are (against Facebook or the government) for blocking information that later turns out to be correct.
  • anandrew 5y ago
    > blocking information that later turns out to be correct. They're not even claiming the censored posts were incorrect, merely "misleading". I.e. they are compelling people to use the government-mandated context when presenting information, or they get censored. I wonder if it'll stay limited to only COVID-related topics. I sure wouldn't wanna commit any slippery slope fallacies...