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Respectfully, my allusions to genocide were not ramblings or tortured examples. Facebook is alleged to have, and has been sued for, facilitating the messaging
by noduerme 3y ago
Respectfully, my allusions to genocide were not ramblings or tortured examples.
Facebook is alleged to have, and has been sued for, facilitating the messaging that aided and drastically accelerated organized mass murder [in direct contravention of their own stated guidelines]. My comparisons to both Nazi and Rwandan messaging examples was in was not an example of Godwin's Law; it is at the heart of the legal cases against Facebook.
Please take a look at this article[0], which makes the connections explicitly clear, explains why Facebook's moderation may be liable under international law, and provides links to cases in which people have been held guilty of war crimes for inciting genocide on the radio, not actually murdering people themselves.
[0] https://www.abc.net.au/religion/facebook-complicity-in-the-rohingya-genocide/13737882 https://www.abc.net.au/religion/facebook-complicity-in-the-r...
- hgs3 3y agoI realize I mistakenly responded to @Devasta thinking it was yourself [1]. You should read that response first as it was (mostly) intended for you. Playing the blame game is politics 101 so of course laws will reflect that. It is clear to me that @Devasta and yourself are more interested in addressing symptoms rather than identifying root causes. I would rather address root causes because in doing so I believe the symptoms will be addressed. We will have to agree to disagree. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36548445 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36548445