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That's appalling and will be one of the last coffins on foreign run communication systems everywhere. Can you imagine that some techies in California start dec

by mrtksn 5y ago

That's appalling and will be one of the last coffins on foreign run communication systems everywhere. Can you imagine that some techies in California start deciding which people are to be attacked in your country or by your country? It's also probably not techies that are deciding that but that's not the point. That's such a nation security threat that no country with sane government can afford to allow. Wars, genocides can not only be facilitated but also initiated and commanded by these social media. And considering all the Machiavellian thinking going on, you can actually expect things to be done. French wine is inconvenience for the Californian farmers maybe? The French lately aren't really that active with ad buys anyway, why not design timelines to induce social unrest in France giving a kick to the American winemakers? It is known that Facebook studied manipulation of emotions through curation of the user timelines[0]. Also, isn't that against Apple's AppStore guidelines? Apple should remove Instagram and Facebook from the AppStore immediately. [0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook-manipulated-689003-users-emotions-for-science/?sh=41d3b5ae197c https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook...

hoffs 5y ago
- mrtksn 5y ago
  Why don't you provide some arguments instead? That's seriously low quality comment right there that doesn't amount to anything other than a personal attack. This shouldn't have place in HN.
  - xdennis 5y ago
    Your initial comment doesn't make any sense. Why would Facebook being American have anything to do with anything? It's a natural right of people to defend themselves and that requires killing invaders. There is nothing wrong with people doing this or discussing this on any platform.
    - mrtksn 5y ago
      It's not because its American but foreign(except for Americans, of course) and as we know from history, different countries can have different interests and they can clash and as we can see from the current events this can happen even today. Communications are vital to the society and it is a national security risk when your communications are run by non-impartial entities. Meta choosing to enable some communities engage in an activity and deny it to others makes them a grave risk. This time around you may be happy with their choices, the next time you might be targeted. I hope this is clearer now.
yywwbbn 5y ago
Facebook is not really making a decision themselves here, they’re just basically reacting to the prevalent public sentiment in the west. It’s not particularly different to what newspapers etc. were doing during WW1, WW2 or any other war (to a certain degree).
- rightbyte 5y ago
  Facebook does not want to be a Western platform though. They want PI to sell from all over the world. (God I hate that I actually started to use West as a political concept now ...)

by mrtksn 5y ago

hoffs 5y ago

mrtksn 5y ago
Why don't you provide some arguments instead? That's seriously low quality comment right there that doesn't amount to anything other than a personal attack. This shouldn't have place in HN.
- xdennis 5y ago
  Your initial comment doesn't make any sense. Why would Facebook being American have anything to do with anything? It's a natural right of people to defend themselves and that requires killing invaders. There is nothing wrong with people doing this or discussing this on any platform.
  - mrtksn 5y ago
    It's not because its American but foreign(except for Americans, of course) and as we know from history, different countries can have different interests and they can clash and as we can see from the current events this can happen even today. Communications are vital to the society and it is a national security risk when your communications are run by non-impartial entities. Meta choosing to enable some communities engage in an activity and deny it to others makes them a grave risk. This time around you may be happy with their choices, the next time you might be targeted. I hope this is clearer now.

yywwbbn 5y ago

Facebook is not really making a decision themselves here, they’re just basically reacting to the prevalent public sentiment in the west. It’s not particularly different to what newspapers etc. were doing during WW1, WW2 or any other war (to a certain degree).

rightbyte 5y ago
Facebook does not want to be a Western platform though. They want PI to sell from all over the world. (God I hate that I actually started to use West as a political concept now ...)