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> And Facebook knowingly and grubbily caused extra chaos as part of their effort to get their way There is exceptionally little merit to this claim. They block
by Manuel_D 4y ago
> And Facebook knowingly and grubbily caused extra chaos as part of their effort to get their way
There is exceptionally little merit to this claim. They blocked links news outlets that would have subjected them to the link tax, and this block wasn't perfect. There was nothing to indicate that blocking sites that wouldn't have incurred the link tax was deliberate.
- clouddrover 4y ago[flagged]
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- Manuel_D 4y agoNothing in the article contradicts my comment. Facebook deliberately took down links subject to the link tax, that much is not disputed. The notion that they also deliberately took down links to NOGs, government sites, and other sites not subject to the link tax is not substantiated. Facebook knew false-positives existed, but there's no evidence to suggest that they wouldn't have deployed a perfect filter were it feasible to to do.
- sourcecodeplz 4y agoThey also blocked NGOs and some gov agencies people were relying on to get critical alerts. It was a super shady move and some think it was intentional.
- Manuel_D 4y agoTheir filter for blocking sites subject to the link tax caught some NGOs and government agencies, there was zero evidence that this was intentional. "Some think X happened" is a vastly weaker claim. Some think the earth is flat. Some think the 2020 election was stolen.